"Orchitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Inflammation of a TESTIS. It has many features of EPIDIDYMITIS, such as swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS and then the TESTIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.
| Descriptor ID |
D009920
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.829.493 C19.391.829.493
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Nocardia epididymo-orchitis in an immunosuppressed patient. J Urol. 1986 Dec; 136(6):1314-5.