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 secondary period, while the remaining four were recognised during the tertiary stages. In addition to the cases reported here, in three further instances patients in the stage of late generalised syphilis presented lesions, the diagnosis of which was in all probability syphilitic epididymitis: in these cases the end result of treatment has not been observed.