A Mechanism for Chronic Filarial Hydrocele with Implications for Its Surgical Repair
Figure 4
Lymphangiectasias and W. bancrofti adult worms seen through the lymph vessel wall.
(A) A right emptied hydrocele sac in a 23 year-old patient from G1. Round dilations of lymphatic vessel (arrow heads) on the outer surface of the hydrocele sac wall. (B) A left hydrocele case in a 25 year-old patient from G1 after excision of hydrocele sac. Lymphangiectasia (arrow heads) in retrotesticular area, close to the excision margin of the hydrocele sac. (C) A closer view of B showing a cluster of small lymphangiectasias (circle). By transparency, filiform bodies of living worms (arrow heads) are seen in a larger lymphangiectasia.