[Ultrasound diagnosis of intratesticular varicocele].
OBJECTIVE
Varicocele is a relatively frequent entity; in most cases venous dilation only involves the extratesticular portion, but 2% of the cases present intratesticular dilation. We report one case of left intratesticular varicocele.


RESULTS
We report the case of a 25-year-old male patient referred for study of left testicular pain, whose work up only found left intratesticular varicocele.


CONCLUSIONS
Intratesticular varicocele is an infrequent entity which can be associated with testicular pain, scrotal mass and infertility or may be asymptomatic. The diagnosis is established by Doppler ultrasound; if symptomatic, it may be treated by spermatic vein ligation.
Pascual Mateo
Carlos
C
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe Madrid, España. carlospascualmateo@yahoo.es
Fernández González
Inmaculada
I
Rodríguez García
Nuria
N
Cagigal
Ignacio Romero
IR
Berenguer Sánchez
Antonio
A
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*