[Epidemiological study on pathology and abnormalities of the external male genitalia]

The Authors report the outcomes of an epidemiology study concerning the external genital pathologies, carried out on 2400 young males, ranging between 18 and 22 years who underwent the medical inspection for admission to the Air Force Academy. Basing on an andrologic clinical and anamnestic protocol, 229 cases with genital abnormalities, and among them 171 cases of varicocele (8.16%), were detected. The presence of varicocele in all the selected cases was confirmed with proper instrumental investigations (CW Doppler, ecocolorDoppler, telethermography). A randomized sample of 240 out of the 2400 young males, underwent the same investigations as a routine. These investigations enhanced the accuracy in detecting the varicocele, and allowed to identify 3 new cases, all classified as 1st type, in addition to the 19 previously correctly detected by the clinical and anamnestic examination.