Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck

Isolated presentation of endometriosis of the inguinal canal is infrequent, and the clinical and imaging findings may be misleading in such patients. We describe an otherwise healthy female with isolated inguinal endometriosis presenting as a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. Surgeons should consider...

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Autores principales: Basnayake, Oshan, Jayarajah, Umesh, Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Anuruddha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7495156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849317
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author Basnayake, Oshan
Jayarajah, Umesh
Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Anuruddha
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description Isolated presentation of endometriosis of the inguinal canal is infrequent, and the clinical and imaging findings may be misleading in such patients. We describe an otherwise healthy female with isolated inguinal endometriosis presenting as a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. Surgeons should consider such unusual presentations and obtain imaging and histological evaluations in doubtful instances. Complete excision was curative in our patient with no evidence of recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-74951562020-09-21 Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck Basnayake, Oshan Jayarajah, Umesh Seneviratne, Sanjeewa Anuruddha Case Rep Surg Case Report Isolated presentation of endometriosis of the inguinal canal is infrequent, and the clinical and imaging findings may be misleading in such patients. We describe an otherwise healthy female with isolated inguinal endometriosis presenting as a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. Surgeons should consider such unusual presentations and obtain imaging and histological evaluations in doubtful instances. Complete excision was curative in our patient with no evidence of recurrence. Hindawi 2020-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7495156/ /pubmed/32963875 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849317 Text en Copyright © 2020 Oshan Basnayake et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
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title_full Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
title_fullStr Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
title_full_unstemmed Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
title_short Endometriosis of the Inguinal Canal Mimicking a Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck
title_sort endometriosis of the inguinal canal mimicking a hydrocele of the canal of nuck
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7495156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8849317
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