Concept information
Preferred term
Orchitis
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Scope note
- Inflammation of a TESTIS. It has many features of EPIDIDYMITIS, such as swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS and then the TESTIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.
In other languages
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Finnish
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kiveksen tulehdus
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kivesten tulehdus
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orchitis
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orkiitti
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Swedish
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Orkit
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009920
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