| Acute orchitis
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Etiology
•Chlamydia
trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Eshcerichia coli, Pseudomonas.
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Pathogenesis
•Established infections of the male genitourinary tract may reach the testes
by lymphatics or the vas deferens.,
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Epidemiology
•Tends to be
uncommon in children.
•Infections of the testis tends to be secondary to
infections of adjacent and nearby genitourinary structures.
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General Gross Description
•The testis is enlarged, yellow-white
and may show abscess formation.
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
•Neutrophils are the predominant
inflammtory cells and are present in the interstitium and seminiferous
tubules.
•Examples:
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, p. 1013.
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| Acute orchitis
| | Synopsis by: Harold Yamase M.D. (T78000M41000)[182]
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