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MeSH Heading: Testicular Hydrocele
Tree Number(s): C12.100.500.829.495; C12.200.294.829.494; C19.391.829.638
Unique ID: D006848
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006848
Annotation: "vaginal hydrocele" is of the tunica vaginalis of the testis, not of the vagina; in females, hydrocele of Nuck's canal is a watery dilatation of the processus vaginalis peritonei: index under PERITONEAL DISEASES
Scope Note: Accumulation of serous fluid between the layers of membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the TESTIS in the SCROTUM.
Entry Term(s): Scrotal Hydrocele; Vaginal Hydrocele
NLM Classification #: WJ 800
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see HYDROCELE 1966-2006
History Note: 2007; use HYDROCELE 1966-2006
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/05/24

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Testicular Hydrocele MeSH Descriptor Data 2025