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Hydrocele

Última revisão: 11 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 20 Oct 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • scrotal mass
  • transillumination
  • enlargement of scrotal mass following activity
  • variation in scrotal mass during the day
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Fatores de risco

  • male sex
  • prematurity and low birth weight
  • infants <6 months of age
  • infants whose testes descend relatively late
  • increased intraperitoneal fluid or pressure
  • inflammation or injury within the scrotum
  • testicular cancer
  • connective tissue disorders
  • varicocelectomy
  • filariasis
  • maternal exposure to polybrominated biphenyl
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • clinical diagnosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • ultrasound
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Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

children

adolescents

adults

Colaboradores

Autores

Barry A. Kogan, MD
Barry A. Kogan

Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Albany Medical College

Albany

NY

Declarações

BAK declares that he has no competing interests.

Erim Erdem, MD
Erim Erdem

Professor of Urology

Mersin University School of Medicine

Department of Urology

Mersin

Turkey

Declarações

EE declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Kyle Rove, MD

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Urology

Children's Hospital Colorado

CO

Declarações

KR declares that he is an Abbvie site investigator.

Edmund Sabanegh, MD

Director

Center for Male Fertility

Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute

Cleveland

OH

Declarações

ES declares that he has no competing interests.

Daniel H. Williams, IV, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Head

Section of Male Infertility and Andrology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison

WI

Declarações

DHW declares that he has no competing interests.

Marcus Drake, MA, DM, FRCS (Urol)

Senior Lecturer in Urology

University of Bristol

Bristol

UK

Declarações

MD declares that he has no competing interests.

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Referências

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Principais artigos

Dagur G, Gandhi J, Suh Y, et al. Classifying hydroceles of the pelvis and groin: an overview of etiology, secondary complications, evaluation, and management. Curr Urol. 2017 Apr;10(1):1-14.Texto completo  Resumo

European Association of Urology. EAU guidelines on paediatric urology. Mar 2023 [internet publication].Texto completo

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