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A hydrocele denotes a [[pathology|pathological]] accumulation of [[serous]] fluid in a bodily cavity. | A hydrocele denotes a [[pathology|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 in 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]]. | 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 in 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]]. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
Most hydroceles are present at birth (congenital). Otherwise, the condition generally affects men older than 40. | |||
==Diagnosis== | |||
===History and Symptoms== | |||
The main symptom is a painless, [[swollen]] [[testicle]] , which feels like a water balloon. A hydrocele may occur on one or both sides. | |||
==Treatment== | |||
===Primary Prevention== | |||
There is no way to prevent varicoceles in adults or hydroceles in baby boys . Avoid injury to the scrotum to prevent hydrocele in adult males. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
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 in 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.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Most hydroceles are present at birth (congenital). Otherwise, the condition generally affects men older than 40.
Diagnosis
=History and Symptoms
The main symptom is a painless, swollen testicle , which feels like a water balloon. A hydrocele may occur on one or both sides.
Treatment
=Primary Prevention
There is no way to prevent varicoceles in adults or hydroceles in baby boys . Avoid injury to the scrotum to prevent hydrocele in adult males.