Encysted Spermatic Cord Hydrocele in a 60-year-old, Mimicking Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia: A Case Report
Published: February 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4039
Manimaran D, Karthikeyan T M, Dost Mohamed Khan
1. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Tiruporur, Tamilnadu, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Science and Research, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Tiruporur, Tamilnadu, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Manimaran D.,
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Hydrocele of spermatic cord is caused by defect in closure of the processus vaginalis, as the testicles descend into the scrotum during foetal development. It usually occurs in infancy and childhood. There are two types of hydrocele of spermatic cord. Encysted type is caused by defective closure at both proximal and distal ends of processus vaginalis and it does not communicate with the peritoneal cavity. Funicular type is caused by defective closure of only distal end of tunica vaginalis and it communicates with the peritoneal cavity. The encysted type can be confused clinically with incarcerated inguinal hernia, inguinal lymphadenopathy, undescended testis and primary tumours of cord like lipoma. We are presenting a case of encysted hydrocele of spermatic cord in a 60-year-old male, which clinically mimicked incarcerated inguinal hernia.
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