Canal of Nuck
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 and has potential to develop into an indirect inguinal hernia. The pouch accompanies the gubernaculum during development of the urinary and reproductive organs, more specifically during the descent of the ovaries, and normally obliterates.
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| Latin | processus vaginalis peritonei femininus |
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See also
- List of homologues of the human reproductive system
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.
- 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.
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