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==Overview==


A '''hydrocele''' denotes a [[pathology|pathological]] accumulation of [[serous]] fluid in a bodily cavity.
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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]].
 
==External links==
* [http://www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/Hydrocele.htm Further information]
* [http://www.pedisurg.com/PtEduc/Hydrocele.htm Further information]


==References==
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[[Category:Urology]]
[[Category:Urology]]
[[Category:Gross pathology]]
[[Category:Gross pathology]]

Revision as of 20:27, 13 May 2013