The canal of Nuck, described by Anton Nuck in 1691, is an evagination of peritoneum into the labia majora and represents a patent processus vaginalis in females. While it usually undergoes obliteration soon after birth, it may be complicated by the accumulation of fluid (female hydrocele), or herniation of the bowel, the adnexa or the uterus into this potential space.We discuss the embryology of the Canal of Nuck and the various complications that may arise in infants and young girls with a patent canal. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2017 Annual Meeting & Categorical Course , 2017

Authors: Fink Adam, Agarwal Prakhar, Liszewski Mark, Kurian Jessica, Levin Terry

Keywords: canal of nuck, female hydrocele, ovarian herniation