Signs and Symptoms
Symptoms of a varicocele may include:
- Dragging-like or aching pain within scrotum.
- Feeling of heaviness in the testicle(s)
- Atrophy (shrinking) of the testicle(s)
- Visible or palpable (able to be felt) enlarged vein
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