None of the 40 men with isolated tuberculous epididymitis had urinary symptoms.
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Unilateral epididymitis was observed in 2 and multiple peri-urethral abscesses were found in 1.
R V Koranne, Y Kaul, Sudershan Kumari, V N Sehgal 1987, 'Laboratory Diagnosis of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae with Special Reference to Beta-lactamaseProducing Strains', Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprologyhttp://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=1987;volume=53;issue=4;spage=233;epage=234;aulast=Koranne;type=0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Urinary retention has been reported in 18% and epididymitis has been reported in 14%.
Bo Liu, Dawei He, Deying Zhang, Xing Liu, Tao Lin, Guanghui Wei 2019, 'Prostatic utricles without external genital anomalies in children: our experience,literature review, and pooling analysis', BMC Urologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-019-0450-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acute epididymitis represents a common medical condition in the urological outpatient clinic.
Vera Michel, Adrian Pilatz, Mark P Hedger, Andreas Meinhardt 2015, 'Epididymitis: revelations at the convergence of clinical and basic sciences', Asian Journal of Andrologyhttp://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=5;spage=756;epage=763;aulast=Michel. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A 1-month-old infant presented with a case of calcifying chronic epididymitis.
Muramori Katsumi, Nagata Koji, Handa Noritoshi 2008, 'Infantile epididymitis with calcification', Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeonshttp://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2008;volume=13;issue=1;spage=25;epage=27;aulast=Muramori. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Complications of infection in men include epididymitis and reactive arthritis.
Catherine M. O'Connell, Morgan E. Ferone 2016, 'Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infections', Microbial Cellhttp://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/chlamydia-trachomatis-genital-infections/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, whether it was the causative agent of epididymitis in this patient remains doubtful.
Kushal Garima, Mandira Varma-Basil, Rakesh Pathak, Sujeet Kumar, Anshika Narang, KhushalSingh Rawat, Anil Chaudhry, Deepthi Nair, V G Ramachandran, Mridula Bose 2012, 'Are we overlooking infections owing to non-tuberculous mycobacteria during routineconventional laboratory investigations?', International Journal of Mycobacteriologyhttp://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2012;volume=1;issue=4;spage=207;epage=211;aulast=Garima. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One patient had epididymitis, and two showed clear signs of spinal nerve damage.
Baohui Yang, Hongbo Hu, Jie Chen, Xijing He, Haopeng Li 2016, 'The Evaluation of the Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings of 16 Casesof Brucellar Spondylitis', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8903635. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The surgery was postponed because of the need for treatment of epididymitis.
Helio Halpern, Erika Miyoshi, Antonio Eduardo P. Pesaro, Carlos V. Serrano Jr, NelsonWolosker 2005, 'Cintilografia com MIBI-dipiridamol negativa em doença coronariana grave no pré-operatóriode correção de aneurisma de aorta abdominal Negative sestamibi-dipyridamole perfusionimaging in severe coronary artery disease in the preoperative period of correctionof abdominal aortic aneurysm', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2005000200018. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)