Female Hydrocele (Cyst of the Canal of Nuck): Sonographic Appearance of a Rare and Little-Known Disorder

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-432

  Stickel, Walter H ^a   Manner, Martin ^a  

^a Kreiskrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SWELLING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

HYDROCELE; SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYST; CYST FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE HYDROCELE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE OF THE CANAL OF NUCK; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 1542317768     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.3.429     Document Type: Article

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