Epididymitis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

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Guidelines

Epididymitis and Orchitis. In: Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections

ACR Appropriateness Criteria Acute Onset of Scrotal Pain (Without Trauma, Without Antecedent Mass)

Keywords

epididymitis, epididymis, acute epididymitis, epididymo-orchitis, acute scrotum, acute scrotal pain, testicular torsion, Chlamydia trachomatis, C trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N gonorrhoeae, Escherichia coli, E coli, Proteus mirabilis, P mirabilis, Prehn sign

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Vikram S Dogra, MD, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Urology, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Director, Division of Ultrasound, Associate Chair of Education and Research, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center
Vikram S Dogra, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of Program Directors in Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, and Society of Uroradiology
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Joshua A Becker, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine
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Robert M Krasny, MD, Resolution Imaging Medical Corporation
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Eugene C Lin, MD, Consulting Radiologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine
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