Scrotal Transillumination

Anybody had scrotal transillumiation performed to check for swelling of the testicles.

I've played with flashlights before. Its pretty interesting.

I've played with flashlights before. Its pretty interesting.

Yes. The 'Bat Wing'!

Is that like candling eggs?

Every time I have done a scrotal transillumination my patient is fascinated. I like this procedure as it is a bit of a "light" moment (pardon the pun) while remaining focused on his genitals.

I gotta find a new doctor. Oops, I have one and she's never done that. 🙄 She did show me how to feel them, looking for lumps.

To transilluminate the scrotum you can use an otoscope, penlight or other light source. holding a light behind the scrotum you can can easily see whether the mass is cystic the light will shine through or if solid light will be blocked if there is a mass. if this is the case the mass readily transmits the light.

I remember a medical textbook - I think it was actually a nursing book - that included instructions on and illustrations of scrotal transillumination during a thorough examination. I remember the facial reaction on the guy to be one of apprehensiveness in the photos leading up to the actual exam. Of course the actual transillumination was done in the dark and so the guy's face wasn't visible. Wish I could remember the name of the textbook.

Again not something I have had done but I would do it for a patient who had scrotal issues.

Search on Bing or Google for scrotal transillumination for many photos.

Search on Bing or Google for scrotal transillumination for many photos.

Must be like candling eggs.

Must be like candling eggs.

I hope they use a flashlight for scrotal transillumination versus a candle. Pubic pyro wouldn't be very much fun!!

Search on Bing or Google for scrotal transillumination for many photos.

Yup - there are quite a few photos and descriptions out there if you look.

@gwhap it gives a whole new meaning to burning Ring of fire lol sorry I have a warped sense of humor 😁

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@gwhap it gives a whole new meaning to burning Ring of fire lol sorry I have a warped sense of humor 😁

Oh nuts….just when I could see the light….said the Nutty Professor.😁

Could be “bags” of fun two !!

The doctor I had before I went to Kaiser had me undress and did thorough physical exams, unlike the non-exams done today. During an annual physical I had a hydrocele. He palpated my testes and then did a transillumination of my scrotum. The light was clearly blocked. This then led to scheduling a scrotal ultrasound. It's easy to do one yourself. I do it with a bright flashlight facing a mirror.

Never had one but I'd like to receive it during a play exam.

On two occasions! I have a varicocele on my left testicle!

On two occasions! I have a varicocele on my left testicle!

I also have a varicocele on my left testicle, but my doc has never done this to me.

I've had it done several times as I have very enlarged cords

I had an ultrasound done on my scrotum, in the emergency room, after I had a fever and complications from hernia surgery. Sorry to disappoint, but my temperature was taken orally, in spite of a violent cough, and high fever.

I did sometime in my mid-20s. I had recently switched to a new doctor not much older than I was and he literally did EVERYTHING during that physical. I think he was trying out all of the things he had learned in med school. It did feel odd standing there nude as he turned out the light and shone a flashlight from the back of my scrotum.

I had it done once when I was 27. I had a lot of swelling, and waited WAY too long to see a doctor. It was about the size of an orange, and he tried to use a flashlight to see what was going on. There was a window in the room, so even with the lights off, he couldn't see anything. So he took me across the hall to a room without a window and did it again.

Ultimately, he sent me for an ultrasound and put me on an aggressive antibiotic. Years later, another urologist told me it was caused by tortion, not infection, and it was completely treatable if I had gone in sooner. As it was, I ended up a bit of a cyclops down there.

I really want to have this done to me sometime soon! Sounds really intimate and thrilling.

Never at real doctor but I’ve done it to play patients and had it done to me when I’m the patient.

During a regular physical I mentioned that my testicles were swollen. The doctor palpated them and then decided to do a trans illumination. He turned off the lights, got a really strong flashlight and shined it thru my scrotum from the back. I have done it since as a curiosity.