SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PERITONEOVAGINAL CANAL PATHOLOGY AT THE BLANCHE GOMES MOTHER AND CHILD SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL (BGMCSH)

Abstract

Peritoneovaginal canal pathology (PCPV) is a condition frequently encountered in infants and children [1]. It is due to the persistence of the peritoneal process which should normally regress. This process appears during the 3rd month of fetal life and usually closes during the 8th and 9th months of pregnancy to form the Clocquet ligament [2]. The absence of closure of this canal is the origin of three (3) anatomoclinical entities: hernias, hydroceles (communicating or not) and spermatic cord cysts. Its diagnosis is clinical. It may require the use of imaging in certain situations.