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spermatocele

Management: 1) transillumination a) if mass transilluminates 1] it is either a hydrocele or spermatocele 2] generally asymptomatic 3] may cause discomfort if large 4] surgical excision 5] aspiration not useful because the recur 6] ultrasound not necessary b) if mass does not transilluminate 1] ultrasound of mass 2] referral to urology

Related

scrotal pain/mass (testicular pain, testicular torsion)

General

abnormal morphologic structure (malformation) male genital disease

References

V Altebarmakian, Kaiser Permanente, Fresno CA, 1/2000