How embryology knowledge can help radiologists in the differential diagnosis of canal of Nuck pathologies
| Autor: | Nicoletta Gandolfo, Alessandra Trisoglio, Alessandro Gastaldo, Ali Attieh, Carola Martinetti, Maria Ala Veirana, Rossana Sabattini, Francesca La Rosa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Urologic Diseases
Embryology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Inguinal Canal 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiologists medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Hernia Neuroradiology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Interventional radiology General Medicine Labia majora medicine.disease Inguinal canal medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Canal of Nuck Radiology Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | La radiologia medica. 126:910-924 |
| ISSN: | 1826-6983 0033-8362 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11547-021-01361-9 |
| Popis: | The Canal of Nuck (CN) is an anatomical structure which is often forgotten. It is the female equivalent of the male processus vaginalis and corresponds to a protrusion of parietal peritoneum that extends from the inguinal canal to labia majora. Radiologists rarely encounter patients with pathology of CN, especially in adult population. It is well known that CN diseases can occur in paediatric patient (especially younger than 5 years of age) and they are associated to high morbidity (for example ovarian hernia with high risk of incarceration and torsion). The aim of our work is to review embryology, anatomy and pathologies of the CN thanks to a multi modal approach-ultrasound (US), Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI)-to make radiologists more aware of such conditions and guarantee a prompt and correct diagnosis not only in paediatric patients but also in the adult population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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