title: Idiopathic chronic hematocele of the vaginal sac.
abstract: We report a 39-year-old male who presented non-traumatic testicular swelling and pain. Physical examination and sonography presented a suspicion of testicular tumor and both surgical exploration and inguinal orchiectomy were performed. Hematocele may both clinically and sonographically resemble a testicular tumor. The diagnostic study of choice is magnetic resonance, establishing the diagnosis and differentiating it from neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital POVISA, Vigo, Spain. capialvarez@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Alvarez
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Farina-Perez
authors.forename: Celso R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006398:Hematocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*