Primary new-onset hydroceles presenting in late childhood and pre-adolescent patients resemble the adult type hydrocele pathology.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of a patent processus vaginalis (PPV) in children of late childhood and pre-adolescence presenting with new onset hydrocele.

Material And Methods: All males with hydrocele presenting at our department from January 2011 to January 2013 were followed. Patients with secondary hydroceles were excluded.

Cystic lymphangioma of the inguinal and scrotal regions in childhood - report of three cases.

Background: [corrected] Cystic lymphangiomas are congenital lymphatic malformations that most commonly develop in the neck, axilla, mediastinum and retroperitoneum. Inguinal and scrotal lymphangiomas are extremely rare.

Cases Report: We present the cases of three children with cystic lymphangiomas that were treated in our department during a two year period.

Adenomyoma of the small intestine in children: a rare cause of intussusception: a case report.

Adenomyomas are hamartomas of the alimentary tract with exceptionally rare localization at the ileum. The case presented here concerns an infant aged 18 months suffering from adenomyoma of the ileum, which was responsible for the development of ileoileac intussusception. Our paper aims at underlining the particularities of this extremely rare entity, while adding the 13th case reported to the international bibliographic references.

Paratubal cysts in young females as an incidental finding in laparotomies performed for right lower quadrant abdominal pain.

Paratubal cysts represent remnants of the paramesonephric or mesonephric duct, the former being more common. Most of them are asymptomatic, but they may rarely give rise to clinical problems due to enlargement or torsion. In this study, we looked for paratubal cysts or other pathological lesions of the right uterine adnexa in young females operated upon for right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain.