title: [Spontaneous rupture of hydrocele: an unusual complication].
abstract: Description of a case report of a male patient with a long standing pressure hydrocele that underwent spontaneous rupture while doing farm work although there was no previous trauma. The clinical signs were minimal scrotal discomfort, disappearance of turgescence and late ecchymosis and localized edema in penis and scrotum.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuervo Pinna
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Rincón
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: García-Moreno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabello Padial
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murillo Mirat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernández de Alarcón
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography