NUCK’S CYST ASSOCIATED WITH INCARCERATED INGUINAL HERNIA IN A FEMALE TEENAGER

Abstract

Objective: To present a case of Nuck’s cyst in the inguinal region. Methods: A 16-year female teenager with an increase of volume in the right inguinal region and presence of pain. Clinical symptoms of an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Results: Surgical finding at the intervention turned out to be a cyst of the inguinal region and the result of pathology reported to be a cyst of Nuck. Conclusion: It is defined as cyst of Nuck, or cyst of the round ligament, a diverticulum of the peritoneum in the inguinal canal accompanying the round ligament in women being in physiological conditions obliterated. This is manifested as an increase in volume in the inguinal region, irreducible, that can go with or without pain, and sometimes mimicking a hernia can occurs inguinocrural incarcerated and is common in children being its presence in adolescent and adult women and elderly a very rare.