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Hello .. i'm a medical student but found it a little bit difficult to differentiate between hydrocele and a cyst on ultrasound .. any advice?

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some ...: An adequate combo of history + physical exam raises and leads to clinical suspicion, which in turn, prompts US imaging for confirmation if the intra-scrotal details could not be clearly palpable for differentiation - but not necessary for every case. Hydrocele denotes fluid inside the space of tunica vaginalis and cyst usually occurs inside the globus major of epididymis. More? Ask staff Doc ...

Answered 5/15/2015

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