ABDOMINOSCROTAL HYDROCELE

Hydrocele is among the commonest inguinal anomalies in children. One o f its most unusual variants is the abdominoscrotal hydrocele, of which no more than 22 cases have been reported in the world literature. The present case is the first one in our country. In this patient the coe xistence of small bilateral scrotal hydrocele and cystic abdominal mas s at the right side is described. Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is an unus ual cause of lower abdominal cystic tumour in association with an ingu inoscrotal hydrocele in infancy.