Epididymitis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

epididymitis, epididymo-orchitis, orchitis, epididymis, acute epididymitis, chronic epididymitis, tuberculous epididymitis, testicular torsion, bladder outlet obstruction, BOO, urethral stricture, ectopic ureter, ectopic vas deferens, prostatic utricle, urethral duplication, posterior urethral valves, urethrorectal fistula, detrusor sphincter dyssynergia, vesicoureteral reflux, benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH

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Edmund S Sabanegh Jr, MD, Director, Center for Male Fertility, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Edmund S Sabanegh Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Society of Andrology, American Urological Association, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction, Society of Reproductive Surgeons, and Southwest Oncology Group
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Christina B Ching, MD, Resident, Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Christina B Ching, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Medical Student Association/Foundation, and American Urological Association
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Badrinath R Konety, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of California at San Francisco
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Erik T Goluboff, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Director of Urology, Allen Pavilion, New York Presbyterian Hospital
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