varicocele

A physical examination can identify varicocele, and it’s easily ruled out by an ultrasound scan.

Among all men, about one in seven has a varicocele, in which excess blood vessels impair the count and quality of sperm, Witt said.

With a prelude like this, the inexperienced physician might expect strangulated hernia or some preliminary symptoms of brain tumor, but what he usually finds is a varicocele, and a small one at that.

He practiced subcutaneous deligation in forty cases of varicocele, and all were successful.

Pain in the hollow of the back may be the only symptom of varicocele in cases where there are any symptoms.