Canal of Nuck explained

The canal of Nuck, first described by Anton Nuck (de) in 1691,^[1] 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 testis, 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.

See also

• List of homologues of the human reproductive system

Further reading

• 1168323 . 1975 . Block . R. E. . Hydrocele of the canal of nuck. A report of five cases . Obstetrics and Gynecology . 45 . 4 . 464–6 .
• 15055792 . Female hydrocele (cyst of the canal of Nuck): Sonographic appearance of a rare and little-known disorder . 2004 . Stickel . W. H. . Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine . 23 . 3 . 429–32 . Manner . M . 10.7863/jum.2004.23.3.429. 21308117.
• 10.1007/s00431-005-0067-y . 16416273 . Female hydrocele of the canal of Nuck: A case report . European Journal of Pediatrics . 165 . 3 . 193–4 . 2006 . De Meulder . Frederic . Wojciechowski . Marek . Hubens . Guy . Ramet . José . 31755237 .
• 17857761 . 1386384 . 1941 . Counseller . V. S. . Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck: Report of Seventeen Cases . Annals of Surgery . 113 . 4 . 625–30 . Black . B. M. . 10.1097/00000658-194104000-00012.
• 7724148 . 1995 . Miklos . J. R. . Ultrasound and hookwire needle placement for localization of a hydrocele of the canal of Nuck . Obstetrics and Gynecology . 85 . 5 Pt 2 . 884–6 . Karram . M. M. . Silver . E . Reid . R . 10.1016/0029-7844(94)00439-k . 20424621 .
• 10.1159/000200808 . 19322018 . Female Hydrocele: The Cyst of Nuck . Urologia Internationalis . 82 . 2 . 242–5 . 2009 . Caviezel . A. . Montet . X. . Schwartz . J. . Egger . J.-F. . Iselin . C.E. . 2884609 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Nuck, Anton . Adenographia curiosa et uteri foeminei anatome nova . Curious and of the womb of the female anatomy a new Adenographia . la . Leiden . 1691 . 130–8 . De Peritonaei Diverticulis Novis . The new Peritone Diverticulitis . http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb11268766.html?pageNo=146 .