Korean J Urol.  1990 Oct;31(5):702-706.

Scrotal Ultrasonography in Varicocele

• Cheon J
• Koh SK

Abstract

Varicocele is now a well established common cause of the male infertility and is a curable disease. Scrotal ultrasonography is a simple and reliable method for the diagnosis of varicocele because of noninvasiveness to the patient. Thus the urologists and radiologists try to use various diagnostic tools including physical examination to confirm significant varicoceles objectively. We used scrotal ultrasonography as a objective diagnostic method to evaluate 19 varicocele patients. Of 19 patients 17 had e palpable left varicocele clinically and a patient had bilateral varicoceles. All the clinical varicoceles were confirmed readily by sonography. By the sonography one case was demonstrated a left varicocele as a subclinical patient with infertility.

Keyword

Scrotal Ultrasonography; Varicocele

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Humans
Infertility
Infertility, Male
Male
Physical Examination
Ultrasonography*
Varicocele*