Hydrocele

Hydrocele

A hydrocele denotes a pathological accumulation of serous fluid in a bodily cavity.

* A hydrocele testis is the accumulation of fluids around a testicle, and is fairly common. It may be treated surgically. It can occur in infants undergoing peritoneal dialysis. A hydrocele testis is due to fluid secreted from a remnant piece of peritoneum wrapped around the testis called the tunica vaginalis. It can also be as a result of cancer, trauma (such as a hernia), or orchitis. It can also be the result of a plugged inguinal lymphatic system caused by repeated chronic infection of "Wucheria bancrofti" or "Brugia malayi", two mosquito-borne parasites of Africa and S.E. Asia, respectively. As such the condition would be a part of more diffuse sequelae commonly referred to as elephantiasis.

* Another region which can have a hydrocele is the canal of Nuck. [GPnotebook|-771358673]

References

External links

* [http://www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/Hydrocele.htm Further information]


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  • Hydrocēle — (griech.), Wasserbruch (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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