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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM TESTICULAR ABSCESS AND PYOCELE
¢AN ABSCESS THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE TESTICLE IS TYPICALLY THE RESULT OF UNTREATED EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS.
¢PATIENTS WILL CLINICALLY PRESENT WITH A FEVER, ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, AND A PAINFUL, SWOLLEN SCROTUM.
¢WITH COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING, A TESTICULAR ABSCESS WILL APPEAR AS A COMPLEX INTRATESTICULAR MASS THAT HAS NO FLOW CENTRALLY BUT INCREASED FLOW AROUND ITS MARGINS.
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