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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar 3:18:44-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2018.03.003. eCollection 2018 May.

A case of giant hemorrhagic hydrocele testis

Yuumi Tokura  1 , Minoru Kobayashi  2 , Takao Kamai  1
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Case Reports

A case of giant hemorrhagic hydrocele testis

Yuumi Tokura et al. Urol Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Giant hydrocele testis; Hemorrhage; Inflammation.

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Fig. 1
T2-weighted MRI of the left scrotum (a: coronal image, b: sagittal image). The fluid content showed high intensity related to hemorrhage. The irregular-shaped nodular structure with low intensity floating in the fluid was suggestive of blood clots.
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Fig. 2
Intraoperative figure of the opened hydrocele sac. The hydrocele sac was thickened and well vascularized. It contained bloody fluid and a lot of denatured blood clots.
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Fig. 3
Histopathological specimen of the hydrocele sac (HE staining, original magnification: x 12.5). Focal accumulations of lymphocytes and histiocyte were seen in the thickened fibrous tissue of the hydrocele sac, which was attached with fibrin and blood clots on its surface.
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