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Are There Different Types of Varicocele?

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Varicocele and Male Infertility II

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The description ‘a tumour of veines dilated and woven with a various and mutuall implication about the testicle and codde, and swelling with a grosse and melancholy bloud’ was applied by Ambroise Pare to the term Circocele [7]. It would satisfy 20th century medicine as describing varicocele, and a contemporary French medical dictionary indicates the terms are synonymous [8].

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  1. Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, Israel

    M. Glezerman M.D. (Gynecologist, Obstetrician, Andrologist, Senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences) (Gynecologist, Obstetrician, Andrologist, Senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences)

  2. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel

    M. Glezerman M.D. (Gynecologist, Obstetrician, Andrologist, Senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences) (Gynecologist, Obstetrician, Andrologist, Senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences)

  3. Section of Andrology Dept. of Dermatology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg School of Medicine, Hartmannstraße 14, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    E. W. Jecht Dr.med (Andrologist and Dermatologist) (Andrologist and Dermatologist)

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Hirsh, A., Pryor, J.P. (1984). Are There Different Types of Varicocele?. In: Glezerman, M., Jecht, E.W. (eds) Varicocele and Male Infertility II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69435-6_7

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