Abstract
The following case of hydrocele appears worthy of record on account of its unusual pathology. The patient was a Well-developed boy, 11 years old. He had fallen on the sidewalk a week previously and the next day had observed a swelling of the scrotum, which had increased in size up to the time of his application for admission to the Children's Memorial Hospital. On examination there was found a characteristic painless pearshaped, fluctuating swelling in the left side of the scrotum measuring about 2% by 1¼ inches in diameter. A diagnosis of hydrocele was made and an operation advised. The cyst could not be diminished on pressure. There was no history of a hernia and no evidence of one obtained. At the operation, Nov. 16, 1912, about 2 ounces of a clear amber fluid were evacuated and the cyst was opened. From the upper wall there projected into the cavity
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