Synonym(s)
Water breakage
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
A palpable accumulation of fluid in the tunica vaginalis testis which can be felt as a bulging elastic swelling in the scrotum.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Congenital, idiopathic. Symptomatic of inflammation, trauma, testicular tumors.
DiagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Diaphanoscopy, in the case of long hydrocele with a ruptured hydrocele wall, a test puncture.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Hernia, tumor.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer