Hydroceles are common in children, with a frequency of 6% in term male infants.1 Abdominoscrotal hydroceles, however, are extremely rare in infants, with only nine cases reported in the English literature.2-10Herein we report an additional case of an abdominoscrotal hydrocele in an infant and review the literature.
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