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8 Cards in this Set
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Urethritis
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- Classified as "gonococcal" and "nongonococcal" (chlamydia)
- High rate of coinfection |
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Epididymitis
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- Induration and tenderness
- Support relieves the pain - Causes include - urinary reflux, prostatitis,urethral instrumentation, and STD's |
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Torsion of the Testes
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- Adolescent boys
- Swelling and Tenderness - Support does not relieve pain - Emergent surgery required - + n/v, fever - use testicular perfusion or color flow Doppler Ultrasonography scan to confirm diagnosis |
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Hydrocele
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- Painless lump
- Can be transiluminated - NO TREATMENT IS NECESSARY unless cystic mass becomes larger and painful - Congenital ones result when the PROCESSUS VAGINALIS remains in open communication with the abdominal cavity - If does not resolve spontaneously, then at risk for INDIRECT iNQUINAL HERNIAS. |
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Varicocele
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- "BAG OF WORMS" - which can only be palpated while patient is standing up
- Associated with infertility because of increased temperature - Collection of veins that occur more often in the left scrotum - |
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Seminoma
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- Most common testicular neoplasm with the best prognosis
- Most common neoplasm in males 15-35 - Painless lump - Does not transilluminate - Undescended testis at higher risk, even after surgical correction |
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Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
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- Enlarged, rubbery prostate
- Urinary retention |
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Prostatic Carcinoma
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- Firm, nodular, irregular prostate
- Bone Metastases - Adenocarcinoma of this is the most common cancer found in men other than skn cancer - Cancer usually develops in the periphery regions |
