Understanding the Processus Vaginalis!: The Abdomino Scrotal Hydrocoele

Abstract

SUMMARY:A knowledge of the embryology and descent of the testes is essential for all clinicians. Congenital hydrocoele, though an embryologic anomaly can present in adulthood. A abdomino scrotal hydrocole must be considered when a mass in the lower abdomen co exists with a scrotal hydrocoele.

Considerations on Embryology, Anatomy and Classification of Inguinal Hernias in Children

“…Almost all researchers have found that the incidence of vaginal process permeability is highest in childhood. A persistent vaginal process has been found to be present in 80-95% of all male newborns, in 60% of 1-year-olds and decreasing to 40% in 2-year-olds, thereafter being seen in 15-37% [8] . According to some statistics, the incidence of asymptomatic patent vaginal process in Vietnamese adults is about 7.1% in men, and in women, this rate varies between 12.1% and 3.0%, being observed more frequently on the right side [9] .…”