What's the difference between scrotum and varicocele?
Scrotum
Definition:
(n.) The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.
Example Sentences:
(1) The view that testes found lateral to the external ring and which could be pushed some way into the scrotum were merely retractile was questioned.
(2) By LHRH treatment 36 testes (20.5%) reached the scrotum, when HCG was added in unsuccessful cases 47 other gonads (26.8%) descended.
(3) Examination of the patient revealed 2 lumps detected in the right hemi-scrotum which felt like small testes and did not permit transillumination.
(4) Three infants presented with acute scrotal swelling, erythema, and a tender irreducible firm mass within the scrotum.
(5) Our experience indicates that the lower gastrointestinal tract should be considered as a possible cause of infection in all cases of synergistic gangrene of the scrotum and penis.
(6) However, in cases of delayed secondary scrotal surgery, or when a previous inflammatory process has existed in the scrotum, the limited scrotal distensibility may lead to further complications.
(7) Using the single criterion of presence or absence of identifiable intratesticular flow, the authors found that color Doppler was 86% sensitive, 100% specific, and 97% accurate in the diagnosis of torsion and ischemia in the painful scrotum.
(8) Physical examination revealed an elastic soft mass in the right inguinal region toward the right scrotum.
(9) In fact 4 boys had undergone surgical correction of a contralateral undescended testis at an earlier date at which time the testis in question could be manipulated into the scrotum.
(10) It was noted that the position of the right testis within the scrotum varied with the degree of inguinal herniation.
(11) Four patients are described who experienced an acute episode of eczematous dermatitis of the scrotum where 5-fluorouracil (Efudex) cream had inadvertently been applied in the course of treating warts and keratoses.
(12) Operations on the ureter decreased during the recent 5 year period and they were the fourth most frequent following those on the scrotum, scrotal contents and penis.
(13) Unicorn uterus, Fallopian tube and finbriae were observed, and a thumb-sized gonad with hemorrhage and fissure was also seen in the upper part of the scrotum.
(14) At puberty, his penis, scrotum, and testes matured normally, and he did not develop gynecomastia; however, his voice, muscularity, and facial, sexual, and body hair remained immature.
(15) We feel that this is an appropriate procedure to be used in patients who have lost the testicles and scrotum traumatically, either one or both testicles, or in the situation where both testicles have been spared.
(16) Surgical exploration of the scrotum in the other 2 revealed evidence of vasculitis in both and the possibility of torsion of appendix epididymis in 1.
(17) In retrospective study of 90 patients operated on for acute unilateral pains in scrotum region and its content--the so-called acute scrotum--during revision torsion of testis was found 48 times (53.3%), torsion of appendix testis 24 times (26.7%), acute epididymitis 17 times (18.9%) and testis tumour in one patient (1.1%).
(18) Fifty-one nodules were observed in the histopathologic examination, which revealed, in addition to the typical findings of idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum, various forms of intact cysts: epidermal (some calcified), pilar (calcified), hybrid (calcified), and indeterminate cysts with diffusely calcified keratinous content and attenuated walls.
(19) The migration of the male gubernaculum into the scrotum to enable descent of the testis does not occur in females.
(20) Two patients with a necrotizing soft tissue infection of the scrotum and perineum are described.
Varicocele
Definition:
(n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Example Sentences:
(1) These findings suggest that testicular vein ligation for varicoceles does not improve fertility.
(2) The varicocele, present in many of the male partners of infertile couples continues to generate controversy, particularly as related to its diagnosis and pathophysiology.
(3) To determine whether T secretion by the human testis is episodic, T was measured in blood samples drawn at 15-min intervals for 4 h through a catheter placed in the testicular vein of six men with varicocele-associated infertility.
(4) The results of adrenal functional studies demonstrate a significant tendency to adrenal hypersynthesis of aldosterone and cortisol in patients with varicocele.
(5) Sperm chromatin heterogeneity has been evaluated in infertile males affected by different testicular diseases: 37 subjects had undergone orchidopexy in childhood (ex-cryptorchid), 50 were affected by idiopathic varicocele, 18 had a history of bilateral post-parotitis orchitis and 23 were "idiopathic infertiles".
(6) Primary varicocele is a very important clinical form in establishing of male infertility.
(7) The best results were achieved in patients with small varicoceles (Grade I), normal testicular volume and normal FSH levels; 29% showed an improvement in sperm count and 27% an increase in sperm motility, while sperm morphology improved in only 7%.
(8) All patients had clinically palpable varicoceles and male infertility.
(9) On the ground of the results, high ligation of the spermatic vein is regarded as suitable for the surgical management of varicocele in case of renospermatic reflux.
(10) Over a ten-year period, surgical correction of varicocele was performed on 504 selected subfertile men.
(11) In patients with bilateral varicoceles, spermatogenesis, Leydig cell density, plasma T levels, and in vitro T synthesis were significantly lower than in patients with unilateral varicoceles.
(12) Significantly higher basal levels of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in the patient group (p < 0.001), so far not unequivocally proved, evidence for suggested decreased enzyme activity of C17-20 lyase in the testis in at least some of men with varicocele.
(13) This relationship of cigarette smoking and testicular varicoceles to oligospermia has not been previously reported.
(14) These studies have allowed classification of the system of veins involved in the condition into several groups, including involvement of the internal spermatic vein alone, pure cremasteric varicocele, mixed internal spermatic and cremasteric varicosities in one or both systems with valvular incompetence or mere dilatation without apparent incompetence of valves.
(15) This suggests that the two testes are equally involved by a possible, although unknown, detrimental effect of left side varicocele.
(16) Percutaneous sclerotherapy is technically feasible in about 80% of patients with idiopathic varicocele.
(17) In 17 patients, the varicocele was evident clinically, whereas in 44 patients it was subclinical (8 bilateral).
(18) The remaining one showed a rate of 16%, but he underwent surgery for varicocele and treatment with methylcobalamin and Hochuekkito after the test.
(19) Both fine structural and quantitative studies were carried out on testicular biopsies from 14 men with varicocele and a control group of three men.
(20) The mechanisms of infertility in varicoceles are still ill-defined; their repercussions are variable and unrelated to the degree of venous dilatations (a good number of such patients have no fertility problems).