Acta Med. 2018, 61: 41-46

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.49

Tunica Vaginalis Thickening, Hemorrhagic Infiltration and Inflammatory Changes in 8 Children with Primary Hydrocele; Reactive Mesothelial Hyperplasia? A Prospective Clinical Study

Ioannis Patouliasa, Evangelia Rachmania, Maria Kalogiroub, Kyriakos Chatzopoulosc, Dimitrios Patouliasd

a1st Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
b4th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Greece
cDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
dDepartment of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Veria, Veria, Greece

Received June 28, 2017
Accepted June 5, 2018

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