[Abdominoscrotal hydrocele complicated by hydroureteronephrosis]

B Fall; B Diao; P A Fall; A K Ndoye; B A Diagne

doi:10.1016/j.purol.2007.10.008

[Abdominoscrotal hydrocele complicated by hydroureteronephrosis]

Prog Urol. 2008 Jan;18(1):71-3. doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2007.10.008. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

[Article in French]

Authors

B Fall¹, B Diao, P A Fall, A K Ndoye, B A Diagne

Affiliation

¹ Service d'urologie-andrologie, centre hospitalier national de Touba, BP 6960 Dakar étoile, Sénégal. bbcrfall@yahoo.fr <bbcrfall@yahoo.fr>

PMID: 18342160
DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2007.10.008

Abstract

Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a very rare clinical entity especially in childhood with less than 100 paediatric cases reported in the literature. It is associated with various complications and its pathogenesis is still a matter for debate. The authors report a case of abdominoscrotal hydrocele in the child. The methods of the diagnosis as well as the specific treatment are pointed out.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Hydronephrosis / complications*
Hydronephrosis / diagnosis
Male
Testicular Hydrocele / complications*
Testicular Hydrocele / diagnostic imaging
Testicular Hydrocele / surgery*
Ultrasonography
Ureteral Diseases / complications*
Ureteral Diseases / diagnosis