title: [Scrotum transillumination: method and results (author's transl)].
abstract: The results obtained from a continuous series of 48 patients have been critically appraised. The report of the diaphanoscopy appeared pathognomonic only in the event of hyper-diaphanous cystic formation and of varicocele. In all other types of pathology the report was aspecific, requiring a knowledge of the clinical picture for its interpretation, and sometimes absent (neoplasia in the initial phase). For these reasons the diaphanoscopy of the scrotum may be considered as part of a clinical examination and not as a complete (self sufficient) experimental examination.
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D014172:Transillumination; D014646:Varicocele / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Transilluminazione dello scroto: tecnica e diagnostica.