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Indirect inguinal hernia of the urinary bladder through a persistent canal of Nuck: case report

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We report a 79-year-old female cadaver found to harbor an indirect inguinal hernia involving the urinary bladder. Further investigation revealed a patent canal of Nuck. The authors describe this rare finding in an adult and review the pertinent literature regarding such herniation. We believe this to be the first report of an indirect inguinal hernia involving the urinary bladder in a cadaver. This also seems to be the first description of such a hernia via a patent canal of Nuck in an adult.

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  1. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    R. S. Tubbs & W. J. Oakes

  2. Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL, USA

    R. S. Tubbs & E. G. Salter

  3. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, St George, Grenada

    M. Loukas

  4. Department of Education and Development, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    M. Loukas

  5. Department of Anatomy and Neurosurgery, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz, Iran

    M. M. Shoja

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Tubbs, R.S., Loukas, M., Shoja, M.M. et al. Indirect inguinal hernia of the urinary bladder through a persistent canal of Nuck: case report. Hernia 11, 287–288 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-007-0192-9

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