Epididymitis
"Epididymitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of the EPIDIDYMIS. Its clinical features include enlarged epididymis, a swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.
Descriptor ID |
D004823
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MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.199
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1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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