On Early Syphilitic Epididymitis

Syphilitic Epididymitis.

THE observation, since I93I, of seven cases in which syphilitic epididymitis,* without concomitant involvement of the body of the testis proper, occurred during the secondary or tertiary stages of a syphilitic infection, and the consequent examination of the literature, in which the rarity of this condition is emphasised, have led to the following report. Three of the cases occurred during the ...

Early syphilitic hepatitis. A possible case.

On Syphilitic Nodose Periarteritis

syphilis; and to inquire whether it may not be possible, in some cases, to diagnose its presence during life. Nodose periarteritis, ?as the condition has been very happily termed, can hardly b& said to have found a place in English textbooks of pathology. So far as the writer is aware, the best short reference to it is to be found in Ziegler's Lehrbuch der Path. Anat., seventh edition, vol. ii....

Epididymitis: An Overview.

Inflammation of the epididymis, or epididymitis, is commonly seen in the outpatient setting. Etiology and treatment are based on patient age and the likely causative organisms. Epididymitis presents as the gradual onset of posterior scrotal pain that may be accompanied by urinary symptoms such as dysuria and urinary frequency. Physical findings include a swollen and tender epididymis with the t...

Infantile epididymitis with calcification

A 1-month-old infant presented with a case of calcifying chronic epididymitis. Differential diagnosis was made from a testicular torsion and neoplasm. Serial ultrasound examination revealed a calcified lesion adjacent to the normal testis, thereby avoiding an unnecessary orchiectomy. Infantile epididymitis has been thought to be rare; however, it is occasionally encountered in the literature an...