Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Scrotal sonography (examination of the scrotal organs testis and epididymis with ultrasound)
- Hydrocele: anechoic peritesticular space; it may be completely anechoic or, in the case of a very large hydrocele, may have a chambered structure with septa (partitions).
- Spermatocele: typical is the anechoic or anechoic cystic space, which originates from the epididymis.
- Diaphanoscopy (fluoroscopy of body parts through an attached light source; here: Scrotum (scrotum)) – to distinguish scrotal hernia (testicular hernia) and hydrocele.
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Computed tomography (CT; sectional imaging procedure (X-ray images from different directions with computer-based evaluation) – only in the case of inconclusive findings.
