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Yardy G, Rafique A, Sellers I, et al. A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2008;2:363doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-363.
Yardy, G., Rafique, A., Sellers, I., Berman, L., & Bullock, N. (2008). A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report. Journal of medical case reports, 2363. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-363
Yardy, George, et al. "A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report." Journal of medical case reports vol. 2 (2008): 363. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-363
Yardy G, Rafique A, Sellers I, Berman L, Bullock N. A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2008 Dec 04;2:363. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-363. PMID: 19055797; PMCID: PMC2612684.
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J Med Case Rep. 2008 Dec 04;2:363. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-363.

A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report.

Journal of medical case reports

George Yardy, Akkib Rafique, Iain Sellers, Lawrence Berman, Nigel Bullock

Affiliations

  1. Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 19055797 PMCID: PMC2612684 DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-363

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Hydrocoele is a condition frequently encountered in adult urological practice. It is usually of benign aetiology and often diagnosed on clinical grounds. Surgical repair, if indicated, is generally straightforward.

CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 53-year-old man with liver cirrhosis and clinical features of a hydrocoele, in whom flow was demonstrated using Doppler ultrasonography in the fluid around the testis, which communicated via varices with the left renal vein.

CONCLUSION: In this patient with misleading clinical signs, diagnosis was established radiologically. Had surgery proceeded without this investigation, significant intra-operative bleeding would have been likely.

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