The patient with a swollen scrotum is amazed that diagnosis of the condition of hydrocele is such a simple thing as:
a. placing the scrotum on a warm pad.
b. shining light through scrotum.
c. squatting and letting the scrotum hang dependently.
d. packing the scrotum in ice.
ANS: B
Shining a flashlight from behind the scrotum and visualizing the testes surrounded by fluid is called transillumination. That process is the simple diagnostic test for hydrocele.
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