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An Unusual Diagnosis of Inguinal Pain in a Childbearing-Age Woman: An Inflamed Canal of Nuck Cyst With an Abnormal Leiomyomatous Proliferation.

Ahmad El Khatib, Mohamad Yahfouf, Ali Hteit, Mohamad El Haress, Karim Kheir, Najwa Radwan, Najla Fakhruddin, Arwa Alzaghal, Mustapha El Lakis

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Ahmad El KhatibFaculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN.
Mohamad YahfoufFaculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN.
Ali HteitFaculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Georgian American University, Tbilisi, GEO.
Mohamad El HaressDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Karim KheirDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Najwa RadwanDepartment of Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Najla FakhruddinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Arwa AlzaghalDepartment of Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Mustapha El LakisDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN.

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Abstract

The canal of Nuck cyst is a rare pathology seen in women in the inguinal canal. It is often mistaken for a hernia or a lipoma; however, diagnosis is confirmed on surgical exploration and histopathological examination. We present a case of a 38-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 2, with progressively worsening left lower quadrant abdominal and groin pain over two months. Imaging identified a small cystic structure in the canal of Nuck that had increased in size and demonstrated surrounding inflammatory changes. She underwent a laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal exploration; the canal lesion was excised, and the associated inguinal hernia was repaired. Histopathological findings were consistent with leiomyomatous proliferation. We report a rare case of severe groin pain in a childbearing-age woman to highlight the differential diagnosis and describe this unusual finding. Documenting such cases is important for improving our understanding of canal of Nuck cysts and their pathogenesis.

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canal of nuck cystendometriosisgroin paininguinal canalleiomyomatous proliferation

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PMCPMC13278143

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