A hydrocele is a painless swelling in the scrotum that occurs when fluid collects in the thin layer of skin surrounding a testicle. It is common in newborn males and usually disappears without ...

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Hydrocelectomy is a kind of surgery used to remove fluid-filled sacs called hydroceles. These form in the scrotum, the muscular pouch of skin that holds and protects the testicles. A hydrocele forms ...

Hydroceles can be present at birth due to a patent processus vaginalis or develop at a later age due to an infection or inflammation of the testis. At about the eighth month the testicles descend from ...