When conducting an initial assessment on a 65-year-old male patient, a nurse assesses a mass in the left testicle that on transillumination glows red. What should the nurse note this indicates the presence of?
a. Phimosis
b. A hydrocele
c. Smegma
d. A hematocele
B
A hydrocele will glow red on transillumination, but a hematocele will not. Phimosis is a foreskin that will not retract over the glans, and smegma is a cheeselike substance found under the fo-reskin.
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