CASE 628: HYDROCELE VAGINALIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGUYỄN MINH THIỀN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

 Male patient was born in 1937, with diabetis and arterial hypertension for 10 years. Getting big scrotum for 30 years and had been withdrawed 3 times but he still has feeling discomfort at scrotum since 6 years.

   

Ultrasound revealed amount of fluid into scrotum that was more in left side.

CT scan comfirmed hydrocele vaginalis more  on left side than right one.

Under guiding ultrasound,  an amount of 350 mL yellowish fluid was withdrawed from left scrotum.

CONCLUSIONS

Choosing the fluid withdrawal technique under controlled  ultrasound for this case is reasonable as hypertension and diabetic status of the patient.

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