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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM VARICOCELE
• A DILATED GROUP OF VEINS FOUND WITHIN THE SCROTUM IS TERMED A VARICOCELE.
• THEY ARE CAUSED BY INCOMPETENT OR ABNORMAL VALVES WITHIN THE PAMPINIFORM PLEXUS.
• BECAUSE OF INCREASED HEAT RELEASED BY EXCESS BLOOD WITHIN THE SCROTUM, OVERHEATING OF THE FRAGILE SPERMATOZOA CAN OCCUR.
• THIS OVERHEATING CAN INFLUENCE THE FORMATION AND MOBILITY OF SPERM.
• VARICOCELES HAVE BEEN CITED AS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CORRECTABLE MALE INFERTILITY.
• THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF VARICOCELES: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY. Copyright © 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
