title: Rupture of a hydrocele: an unusual event.
abstract: A rupture of a large, tense hydrocele is presented. The patient was chronically treated with steroids for asthma control. Scrotal ultrasound was used to document hydrocele presence, rupture and recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Quint
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Drach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography