Importance of Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the Testes in Varicocele Patients

Abstract

An abnormal dilation of the pampiniform plexus is known as a varicocele.Around fifteen percent of male adolescents and ten to fifteen percent of adult males have varicocele. Clinical varicoceles are often associated with male infertility.
Twenty to forty percent of infertile men have varicoceles, which are known to reduce the amount of semen and testicles. Researchers have looked at the histology of varicocele in testicles and found thicker tubular basement membranes, narrowed luminal spaces, increased fibrous tissue between the testicles, and thickened walls of interstitial blood vessels.
Surgical and percutaneous approaches are available for the treatment of varicocele, a condition that causes male infertility. Researchers at SRM Medical College Hospital included fifty consecutive patients with varicocele who visited the infertility clinic and urology outpatient department (OPD) between January 2015 and March 2016. When patients presented with infertility, testicular discomfort, or both, a physical examination was used to confirm the clinical diagnosis of varicocele.
Researchers compared testicular varicocele patients with the general population to determine the use of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the detection and management of this condition.