The surgical approach to the inguinal canal in @entity1 is identical to that in @entity1 . The sliding @entity547 which contains the ovary with or without the fallopian tube occurs occasionally in female @entity1 . In our clinical experience, we found that a hydrocele in the labium, also presenting with an asymptomatic palpable movable mass, mimics a sliding @entity547 with ovary. In an attempt to differentiate between hydrocele and sliding @entity169 with ovary in female @entity1 , we report our experience dealing with the two situations at a single institution within a 5-year period. Between July 1997 and June 2002, 1800 @entity1 and @entity1 underwent surgery for @entity169 at Chang Gung @entity1 's Hospital, of whom 580 were female @entity1 and @entity1 aged 1 month to 14 years (mean, 5.7 years). Some 32 @entity1 (5.3%) presented with an asymptomatic palpable movable mass over the labium major. Pre-operative sonography was performed for all cases. Twenty-six female @entity1 aged 1 month to 18 months (mean 5 months) had sliding @entity547 ; both the @entity5274 were contained. Six @entity1 aged 2 years to 6 years (mean 4.6 years), had hydrocele of the canal of Nuck. The accuracy of pre-operative diagnosis with sonography was 100%. CONCLUSION: Sonography is an easy and accurate pre-operative diagnostic procedure. We suggest that sonography be performed routinely in all female cases with an @entity169 containing a palpable movable mass.

The presentation of asymptomatic palpable movable mass in female XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'Children', 'infants', 'girls', 'boys'] @entity5274 :: ('MESH:D005184', 'Disease') :: ['ovary and fallopian tube'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['inguinal hernia'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernia']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['inguinal hernia']
