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Testicular Hydrocele

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Definition: Accumulation of serous fluid between the layers of membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the TESTIS in the SCROTUM.  "vaginal hydrocele" is of the tunica vaginalis of the testis, not of the vagina; in females, hydrocele of Nuck's canal is a watery dilatation of the processus vaginalis peritonei: index under PERITONEAL DISEASES    Other names Hydrocele, Testicular; Hydrocele, Scrotal; Vaginal Hydrocele; Scrotal Hydrocele; Vaginal Hydroceles; Testicular Hydroceles; Scrotal Hydroceles; Hydroceles, Vaginal; Hydroceles, Testicular; Hydroceles, Scrotal; Hydrocele, Vaginal

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