SARCOCELE
\sˈɑːkə͡ʊsə͡l], \sˈɑːkəʊsəl], \s_ˈɑː_k_əʊ_s_əl]\
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By William R. Warner
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Scirrhus or cancer of the testicle. This disease affects adults particularly; and appears most commonly after an inflammatory swelling of the testicle. Sometimes it is dependent upon a blow; at others, it makes its appearance without any appreciable cause. It is well known by a hard, heavy, ovoid or spherical swelling of the testicle, which is, at first, slightly, or not at all painful, and merely causes an unpleasant traction on the spermatic cord. There is no heat or change of colour of the skin; the spermatic cord is swollen, and participates in the affection; very painful shootings occur; the lymphatic glands of the abdomen become swollen, and form a tumour, which may, at times, be felt through the abdomen; and the patient, at length, dies with every sign of the cancerous diathesis. The prognesic is very unfavourable. The only means, indeed, that can save life, is the extirpation of the testicle.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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