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What Causes Enlargement Of Scrotum With Water Retention?

My husband, age 60, diabetic, obese, amputee RBK, and partial left foot, has an enlarged scrotum. It started rapidly growing about 5 weeks ago. it is now bigger than a bowling ball! It is retaining fluid. Went to hospital ER 2 weeks ago. They did blood tests. Negative for infection. They did Ultra-sound. Male organs are fine, but It has fluid around them. Growing about 1/2 inch per day. On-call Urologist said he couldn t do anythings for him. Regular doctor gave more water pills, but had to back off due to leg cramps and blood test that showed kidneys were working hard. Is it related to Lymph Nodes? What causes this? What can we do about it? PLEASE HELP!
Thu, 24 Sep 2015
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Hello,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
From what history you are giving me it look slike he has hydrocele. It is abnormal collection of fluid in scrotum due to various reasons.
The only treatment for it is aspiration of fluid and surgery so as to reduce the size and depending on the reason for fluid accumulation it can be repaired.
As you already have got done a ultrasound you need to consult a general surgeon for this problem.
I hope i have answered your query well. Thank you
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What Causes Enlargement Of Scrotum With Water Retention?

Hello, Thanks for posting in HCM. From what history you are giving me it look slike he has hydrocele. It is abnormal collection of fluid in scrotum due to various reasons. The only treatment for it is aspiration of fluid and surgery so as to reduce the size and depending on the reason for fluid accumulation it can be repaired. As you already have got done a ultrasound you need to consult a general surgeon for this problem. I hope i have answered your query well. Thank you