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| Micro = cyst lined by simple epithelium, lack of spermatocytes | |||
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| LMDDx = [[spermatocele]] | |||
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| Site = [[testis]] | |||
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| Prognosis = benign | |||
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| ClinDDx = [[spermatocele]], [[testis|testicular tumour]] | |||
| Tx = excision | |||
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'''Hydrocele testis''' is a benign pathology of the [[testis]]. | '''Hydrocele testis''' is a benign pathology of the [[testis]]. | ||
''Hydrocele sac'' redirects to this article. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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**May be seen in association with a testicular neoplasm.<ref name=pmid9490992>{{Cite journal | last1 = Junnila | first1 = J. | last2 = Lassen | first2 = P. | title = Testicular masses. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 57 | issue = 4 | pages = 685-92 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9490992 }}</ref> | **May be seen in association with a testicular neoplasm.<ref name=pmid9490992>{{Cite journal | last1 = Junnila | first1 = J. | last2 = Lassen | first2 = P. | title = Testicular masses. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 57 | issue = 4 | pages = 685-92 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9490992 }}</ref> | ||
*Common.<ref name=pmid20705202>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wampler | first1 = SM. | last2 = Llanes | first2 = M. | title = Common scrotal and testicular problems. | journal = Prim Care | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | pages = 613-26, x | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.pop.2010.04.009 | PMID = 20705202 }}</ref> | *Common.<ref name=pmid20705202>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wampler | first1 = SM. | last2 = Llanes | first2 = M. | title = Common scrotal and testicular problems. | journal = Prim Care | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | pages = 613-26, x | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.pop.2010.04.009 | PMID = 20705202 }}</ref> | ||
*May be a "no yield" specimen - in series of 264 cases no malignancy was seen.<ref name=pmid24768992>{{cite journal |authors=Shah VS, Nepple KG, Lee DK |title=Routine pathology evaluation of hydrocele and spermatocele specimens is associated with significant costs and no identifiable benefit |journal=J Urol |volume=192 |issue=4 |pages=1179–82 |date=October 2014 |pmid=24768992 |doi=10.1016/j.juro.2014.04.085 |url=}}</ref> | |||
Clinical: | Clinical: | ||
*Scrotal mass. | *Scrotal mass. | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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Submitted as "Left Hydrocele Sac", Excision: | |||
- Benign, consistent with thick-walled hydrocele sac with focal calcifications. | |||
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Benign connective tissue (including skeletal muscle, nerves and blood vessels) is also present. | Benign connective tissue (including skeletal muscle, nerves and blood vessels) is also present. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]] | |||