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Canal of Nuck

Dr Praveen Jha and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.

The canal of Nuck is an abnormal patent pouch of peritoneum extending anterior to the round ligament of the uterus into the labia majora. Incomplete obliteration of this canal (patent processus vaginalis) can result in either an inguinal hernia or a hydrocoele in female children.

Etymology

It is named after Anton Nuck (1650 - 1692) Dutch anatomist ²

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1. ubbs RS, Loukas M, Shoja MM et-al. Indirect inguinal hernia of the urinary bladder through a persistent canal of Nuck: case report. Hernia. 2007;11 (3): 287-8. doi:10.1007/s10029-007-0192-9 - Pubmed citation
2. Anton Nuck from whonamedit.com, the dictionary of medical eponyms. Anton Nuck