Encysted spermatic cord hydrocele

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 13 Jun 2022

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Knipe H, Agolah D, Encysted spermatic cord hydrocele. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 25 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-147045

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-147045

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/147045

rID:

147045

Article created:

8 Jun 2022, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

13 Jun 2022, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Speaker fees (past)
Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

Synonyms:

Encysted type spermatic cord hydrocele
Encysted spermatic cord hydroceles
Encysted spermatic cord hydrocoeles
Encysted spermatic cord hydrocoele

Encysted spermatic cord hydroceles are one of the subtypes of spermatic cord hydrocoele where the fluid collection does not communicate with the peritoneum above or the tunica vaginalis below.

Pathology

In this encysted type, a loculated hydrocoele occurs along the spermatic cord due to obliteration of both the proximal and the distal processus vaginalis without atrophy of the segment in between.