Canal of Nuck
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| Latin | processus vaginalis peritonei femininus |
The canal of Nuck, first described by Anton Nuck (de) in 1691,[1][2] is an abnormal patent (open) pouch of peritoneum extending into the labia majora of women. It is analogous to a patent processus vaginalis in males (see hydrocele, inguinal hernia). In rare cases, it may give rise to a cyst or a hydrocele in women. The pouch accompanies the gubernaculum during development of the urinary and reproductive organs, more specifically during the descent of the ovaries, and normally obliterates.
See also
References
- ↑ synd/2644 at Who Named It?
- ↑ Nuck, Anton (1691). "De Peritonaei Diverticulis Novis" [The new Peritone Diverticulitis]. Adenographia curiosa et uteri foeminei anatome nova [Curious and of the womb of the female anatomy a new Adenographia] (in Latin). Leiden. pp. 130–8.
Further reading
- Block, R. E. (1975). "Hydrocele of the canal of nuck. A report of five cases". Obstetrics and gynecology. 45 (4): 464–6. PMID 1168323.
- Stickel, W. H.; Manner, M (2004). "Female hydrocele (cyst of the canal of Nuck): Sonographic appearance of a rare and little-known disorder". Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 23 (3): 429–32. PMID 15055792.
- De Meulder, Frederic; Wojciechowski, Marek; Hubens, Guy; Ramet, José (2006). "Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: A case report". European Journal of Pediatrics. 165 (3): 193–4. doi:10.1007/s00431-005-0067-y. PMID 16416273.
- Counseller, V. S.; Black, B. M. (1941). "Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck: Report of Seventeen Cases". Annals of Surgery. 113 (4): 625–30. doi:10.1097/00000658-194104000-00012. PMC 1386384
. PMID 17857761. - Miklos, J. R.; Karram, M. M.; Silver, E; Reid, R (1995). "Ultrasound and hookwire needle placement for localization of a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck". Obstetrics and gynecology. 85 (5 Pt 2): 884–6. PMID 7724148.
- Chandrasekharan, Lekha V.; Rajagopal, Ambil S. (2006). "The hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: an ultrasound diagnosis". Internet Journal of Radiology. 4 (2). doi:10.5580/2686.
- Caviezel, A.; Montet, X.; Schwartz, J.; Egger, J.-F.; Iselin, C.E. (2009). "Female Hydrocele: The Cyst of Nuck". Urologia Internationalis. 82 (2): 242–5. doi:10.1159/000200808. PMID 19322018.
- Pediatric Hernias at eMedicine
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