[Epidermoid cysts of the spermatic cord]

We report two cases of epidermoid cyst of the spermatic cord in infants 14 months and 2 1/2 years old, respectively. The initial diagnosis in one patient was funicular hydrocele and paratesticular mass no transilluminable in the other case. The treatment was the local excision of tumor and the diagnostic was histological in both patients. Postoperative course was excellent in both, the first after fistullization and surgical treatment. Must be explored the transillumination of the mass which would have led us to think other of the diagnoses different from that of the cord hydrocele before the operation, since it would have given negative. During the operation, must be assured that the cystic anomaly is limited to spermatic cord, to evite fistulization in the postoperative course.