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tnt_battle

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The nurse knows that a common assessment finding in a boy younger than 2 years old is:
 
  a. Inflamed and tender spermatic cord.
  b. Presence of a hernia in the scrotum.
  c. Penis that looks large in relation to the scrotum.
  d. Presence of a hydrocele, or fluid in the scrotum.

Question 2

A 2-year-old boy has been diagnosed with physiologic cryptorchidism. Considering this diagnosis, during assessment the nurse will most likely observe:
 
  a. Testes that are hard and painful to palpation.
  b. Atrophic scrotum and a bilateral absence of the testis.
  c. Absence of the testis in the scrotum, but the testis can be milked down.
  d. Testes that migrate into the abdomen when the child squats or sits cross-legged.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
A common scrotal finding in boys younger than 2 years of age is a hydrocele, or fluid in the scrotum. The other options are not correct.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Migratory testes (physiologic cryptorchidism) are common because of the strength of the cremasteric reflex and the small mass of the prepubertal testes. The affected side has a normally developed scrotum and the testis can be milked down. The other responses are not correct.



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