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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM EXTRATESTICULAR CYSTS
• A SPERMATOCELE IS A COMMON CYST FOUND MOST OFTEN IN THE HEAD OF THE EPIDIDYMIS.
• IT IS COMPOSED OF NONVIABLE SPERM, FAT, CELLULAR DEBRIS, AND LYMPHOCYTES.
• THEY MAY BE PALPABLE DURING PHYSICAL EXAM, BUT USUALLY ARE NOT PAINFUL.
• THE SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A SPERMATOCELE IS THAT OF A CYST IN THE HEAD OF THE EPIDIDYMIS THAT MAY CONTAIN LAYERING DEBRIS.
• AN EPIDIDYMAL CYST APPEARS SIMILAR TO A SPERMATOCELE AND CAN BE ANYWHERE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE EPIDIDYMIS.
• TUNICA ALBUGINEA CYSTS ARE LOCATED ANYWHERE ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE TESTICLE, WITHIN THE TUNICA ALBUGINEA.
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