Quiste de Nuck: ese diagnóstico no tan conocido

  1. Emérito Peramato Martín
  2. Manuel Jesús Luengo Martín
  3. Elpidio García Ramón
  4. Yolanda Granja Garran
  5. Nerea García Granja
  6. Ángel Alberto Peramato González
Journal:
Medicina general

ISSN: 0214-8986

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Type: Article

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Abstract

Nuck’s cyst is the equivalent of a hydrocele in women. We must consider this diagnosis in all injuries associated with inguinal pathology in women. It is a congenital anomaly produced by the persistence of the processus vaginalis. It comes from the parietal peritoneum that accompanies the round ligament within the inguinal canal of women and remains unobliterated. It is a very rare entity and can cause confusion with inguinal hernia, lymphadenopathy, vascular pathology, tumor…