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FIG. 9.3. Hydrocele. Increasing and decreasing size indicates a communicating hydrocele with a patent processus vaginalis, requiring surgical correction.
FIG. 9.3. Hydrocele. Increasing and decreasing size indicates a communicating hydrocele with a patent processus vaginalis, requiring surgi...
Hydrocele. Failure of the obliteration of the processus vaginalis leads to formation of a communicating hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis in the male infant (left). Irregular closing of the processus vaginalis leads to formation of a noncommunicating hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis (right).
Hydrocele. Failure of the obliteration of the processus vaginalis leads to formation of a communicating hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis...