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Characteristics of a hydrocoele

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The characteristics of a hydrocoele include:

  • confined to the scrotum - an examiner can 'get above' the mass
  • more often on the right side
  • it can be transilluminated with a pen torch
  • may be small in the morning and increase in size by the evening resulting in a dragging pain

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