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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM EPIDIDYMITIS AND EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS
•A FREQUENT CAUSE OF EPIDIDYMITIS IS THE SPREAD OF BACTERIA FROM THE PROSTATE OR URINARY TRACT. IN FACT,
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF EPIDIDYMITIS IN YOUNGER MEN IS THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CHLAMYDIA.
•EPIDIDYMITIS CAN BE DIFFUSE AND INVOLVE THE ENTIRE EPIDIDYMIS, OR IT MAY BE FOCAL AND INVOLVE ONLY ONE SEGMENT.
• AN ANALYSIS OF THE HEAD, BODY, AND TAIL OF THE EPIDIDYMIS IS VITAL.
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