Spermatocele: Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

spermatocele, epididymal cyst, scrotal mass, hydroceles, varicoceles, epididymis, testis, testicle, epididymitis, spermatocelectomy, sclerotherapy, scrotum, benign cystic accumulation of sperm, epididymal ductal obstruction, cystic segmental dilatation of epididymis, chemical epididymitis

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Vernon M Pais Jr, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Dartmouth Medical School
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Shaun E Wason, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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