title: [Ultrasound diagnosis of intratesticular varicocele].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe Madrid, España. carlospascualmateo@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascual Mateo
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernández González
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rodríguez García
authors.forename: Ignacio Romero
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Cagigal
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berenguer Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*