Varicocele grading.

 

Clinical and ultrasonography grading of varicocele

Varicocele grading is done to provide a standardization in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the disease.

Varicocele staging (grade) is done in two main ways:

1.     Grading system made clinically, namely by examination.

2.     Grading with scrotal color Doppler ultrasonography.

Clinical Grading of varicocele

Grade	Description
Grade 0	Seen on ultrasound, but not physically detectable (also called “subclinical varicocele”)
Grade I	Palpable (felt on exam) when the patient is performing the valsalva maneuver (“bearing down”)
Grade II	Palpable even without valsalva
Grade III	Varicocele causing visible deformity of the scrotum.

- Sperm Motility grading.

Sperm Motility grading.

(Human sperm stained for semen quality testing in the clinical laboratory.)

• Grade 1: sperm are immotile meaning that they fail to move at all.
• Grade 2: sperm are labeled as non-progressive motility because they do not move forward despite the fact that they move their tails.
• Grade 3: sperm (non-linear motility) also move forward but tend to travel in a curved or crooked motion.
• Grade 4: sperm are known to have progressive motility meaning they are the strongest and swim fast in a straight line.

Ideal sperm quality dictates that a man should have grade 3 or 4 sperm in order to fertilize an egg.

 Dr Ibrahim
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- Hutchinson’s Triad.

Hutchinson's triad

It is a common pattern of presentation for congenital syphilis.
It consists of :-

1. Interstitial keratitis
2. Hutchinson incisors
3. Eighth nerve deafness.

Dr Ibrahim

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-Mechanical causes of Impotence.

Mechanical causes of Impotence
"Hope"

Huge bilateral hydrocele or inguinal hernia.
Morbid Obesity.
Penile carcinoma.
Peyrone's disease(fibrotic scar of tunica alibuginea surrounding corpora cavernosa resulting in curvature of penis in erection)
Elephantiasis of penis or scrotum.

Dr Ibrahim