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Photograph of hydrocele stone.
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A smooth stone of 11 mm in diameter was incidentally found moving freely in the right hydrocele space (Figure 1).
Infrared spectrophotometry of hydrocele stone (a) center of the stone, (b) outer of the stone.
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Crystallographical analysis of the hydrocele stone by an infrared spectrophotometer showed that the center was composed of 64% of calcium carbonate and 36% of calcium phosphate, while the outer portion was protein (Figure 2).