title: The communicating hematocele: an unusual presentation for blunt splenic trauma.
abstract: The communicating hematocele is an unusual scrotal disorder that is rarely anticipated. Surgical exploration for an enlarging hydrocele and an abnormal scrotal sonogram in a 19-month-old boy revealed a communicating hematocele. Further evaluation demonstrated a fractured spleen. The association between a patent processus vaginalis and blunt abdominal trauma in the pathogenesis of the communicating hematocele is discussed.
mesh_terms: D006398:Hematocele / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*