HYDROCEL

-FLUID FILLED SAC

-SWELLING ON THE SCROTUM

-ONE IN TEN MALE INFANTS -DISSAPEAR WITHOUT TREATMENT -FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

-ARENT PAINFUL -NOT HARMFUL -REQUIRE NO TREATMENT -IF YOU HAVE SCROTAL SWELLING : - TESTICULAR CANCER - OTHER CONDITION

CAUSES
-BABY BOYS---A FEW WEEKS AFTER BIRTH. -EIGHTH MONTH OF GESTATION----TESTICLE DESCEND ---ABDOMINAL CAVITY---SCROTUM -A SAC (PROCESSUS VAGINALIS) ---ALLOWING FLUID TO SURROUND

-MOST CASES--- SAC CLOSES---FLUID IS ABSORBED -IF FLUID REMAINS AFTER THE SAC CLOSE---

NONCOMMUNICATING HYDROCELE
- USUALLY---FLUID GETS ABSORBED--ONE YEAR

-SOME CASES---SAC REMAIN OPEN---COMMUNICATING HEDROCELE -THE SAC CAN CHANGE SIZE -IN OLDER MALES---INFLAMATION INJURY

RISK FACTORS:

-MOST HYDROCELECONGENITAL (AT BIRTH) -SECONDARY HYDROCELE---MAN 40 OR OLDER: - SCROTAL INJURY - INFECTION

- RADIATION THERAPY

TREATMENT
-BABY BOYS---DISAPPEAR IN ONE YEAR -IF PERSISTENT OR BECOME LARGER--SURGICALLY -ADULT MALES---OFTEN DISAPEAR -LARGE ENOUGH---REQUIRE TREATMENT ---REMOVED

TREATMENT APPROACHES INCLUDE :

1. SURGICAL EXICISION
2. NEEDLE ASPIRATION