Diseases

Epididymitis

Inflammation of the EPIDIDYMIS. Its clinical features include enlarged epididymis, a swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.

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Abstract

Inflammation of the EPIDIDYMIS. Its clinical features include enlarged epididymis, a swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.

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  • Epididymitides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C12.100w.500w.199w
  2. C12.200.294w.199w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Epididymitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004823
  2. Epididymitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis
  3. Epididymitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344812