BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.33, sa.5, ss.566-568, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The canal of Nuck is a fold of peritoneum that invaginates into the inguinal canal and closes at or just before birth. If the canal of Nuck remains open in female infants, herniation of the uterus, adnexa and/or bowel loops may arise through the inguinal canal into the labia majora.