Infertility secondary to an infected hydrocele: A case report

Hydroceles are one of the most common causes of scrotal swelling affecting around 1% of the adult population. While hydroceles are usually asymptomatic, some hydroceles can lead to infertility. We will present a case of a 34-year-old man who was referred to our center as a case of primary infertilit...

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Autores principales: Fallatah, Moayid, Aljuhaiman, Ahmad, Alali, Hamed, Ahmed, Sara, Alhathal, Naif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Endourology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6909161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31886135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101071
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Sumario:Hydroceles are one of the most common causes of scrotal swelling affecting around 1% of the adult population. While hydroceles are usually asymptomatic, some hydroceles can lead to infertility. We will present a case of a 34-year-old man who was referred to our center as a case of primary infertility (sever oligospermia 1.1 million/ml) for 4 years and was found to have bilateral hydroceles (infected right hydrocele). At 18 months post bilateral hydrocelectomy, the patient's total sperm count improved to 43 Million/ml. Therefore, we highly recommend considering hydrocele as an etiology in any patient with idiopathic infertility.

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