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Bilateral giant abdominoscrotal hydroceles complicated by appendicitis.

Yarram SG, Dipietro MA, Graziano K, Mychaliska GB, Strouse PJ

Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,, syarram@med.umich.edu.

Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a rare entity, with fewer than 100 cases reported in children. Bilateral abdominoscrotal hydroceles are even less common, with 14 cases reported in children. Various complications of abdominoscrotal hydrocele have been reported in the literature. We present a 4-month-old boy with bilateral giant abdominoscrotal hydroceles who developed appendicitis apparently because of obstruction from the right hydrocele. We discuss the various imaging modalities used to establish the diagnosis and plan the operative approach.

Published 25 November 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(12): 1267-70.
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