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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM SCROTAL TRAUMA AND HEMATOCELE
• ALTHOUGH HEMATOCELES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMA TO THE SCROTUM, THEY MAY ALSO BE FOUND AFTER RECENT PELVIC SURGERY, SCROTAL SURGERY, OR TORSION.
• SONOGRAPHICALLY, A HEMATOCELE WILL APPEAR AS A COMPLEX FLUID COLLECTION WITHIN THE SCROTUM THAT MAY CONTAIN SEPTATIONS AND LOCULATIONS.
• CLINICAL HISTORY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN A HEMATOCELE, PYOCELE, OR COMPLEX HYDROCELE.
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