Paediatrics

at a Glance

Lawrence Miall, Mary Rudolf, Dominic Smith

Multiple Choice: Chapter 40 Swellings in the groin and scrotum

Question 1. Which of the following is likely to be a hydrocele?

(a) A painless mobile mass on the left side of the scrotum that you can get above on palpation
(b) A mass in the scrotum and groin that transilluminates and is tender to palpation, with the testes clearly palpable within it
(c) A scrotal swelling that transilluminates but in which you cannot feel the testes
(d) A red, tender mass in the scrotum that does not transilluminate
(e) A mass that is tender but can be reduced by pressure over the swelling