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Glossary for Swollen testes

Medical terms related to Swollen testes or mentioned in this section include:

  • Aspartylglucosaminidase deficiency: A rare glycoprotein metabolism disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme called aspartylglucosaminidase. Patients tend to develop normally during the first few years of life and development continues slowly until adolescence when mental retardation becomes progressively worse.
  • Aspartylglucosaminuria: A rare glycoprotein metabolism disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme called aspartylglucosaminidase. Patients tend to develop normally during the first few years of life and development continues slowly until adolescence when mental retardation becomes progressively worse.
  • Aspartylglycosaminuria: A rare glycoprotein metabolism disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme called aspartylglucosaminidase. Patients tend to develop normally during the first few years of life and development continues slowly until adolescence when mental retardation becomes progressively worse.
  • Chorditis: Inflammation of a cord, usually the vocal or spermatic cord. The inflammation is most often caused by overuse or abuse of the voice but may also be caused by cancer.
  • Clark-Baraitser syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by tallness, large head, mental retardation and various facial anomalies.
  • Edema: The abnormal retention of fluid in a given anatomical area
  • Epididymitis: Infection of the epididymis (testicle tube)
  • Epididymo-orchitis: A condition which is characterized by inflammation of the epididimis and testes of a male
  • Familial renal cell carcinoma: A genetic form of kidney cancer that develops in the lining of the tubules in the kidney and tends to run in families.
  • Filariasis: Parasitic worm infection of the lympatic system
  • Fragile-X Syndrome: A rare inherited characterized by various physical anomalies as well as mental retardation. The symptoms are milder in females.
  • Hernia: General term for an organ protruding where it should not.
  • Hydrocele: Swollen testes due to fluid
  • Irons-Bhan syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by lymphoedema in the legs, heart defects and a hydrocele (swollen testicles).
  • Kidney symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both kidneys.
  • Leukemia: Cancer of the blood cells, usually white blood cells.
  • Lymphatic Filariasis: Parasitic worm infection of the lympatic system
  • Lymphoma: Any neoplastic disorder that occurs in lymphoid tissue
  • Male sexual symptoms: Symptoms of the male sexual organs.
  • Mental retardation X-linked - psychosis - macroorchidism: A rare syndrome characterized by mental retardation, psychosis and abnormally lartge testes. The syndrome is inherited in a X-linked manner.
  • Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism: A very rare syndrome characterized by mental retardation, psychosis and enlarged testes.
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - acromegaly - hyperactivity: A rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, hyperactivity and enlarged hands, feet and testes.
  • Mumps: An acute viral disease that causes the salivary glands to become swollen, sore and inflamed. Immunization had greatly reduced the incidence of this disease.
  • Orchitis: Inflammation of the testes.
  • Phlebitis: Inflammation of a vein.
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma 2: A genetic form of kidney cancer.
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma 3: A dominantly inherited form of kidney cancer which is linked to chromosome 5q.
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma 4: A genetic form of kidney cancer.
  • Scrotal swelling: it can occur at any age and may or maynot be associated with pain
  • Seminoma: Cancer of the sperm-producing cells in the testicles. The cancer is not aggressive and tends not to metastasize.
  • Sexual symptoms: Symptoms affecting the sexual organs
  • Spermatocele: A small collection of sperm that collects on the surface of the testicle, forming a cyst.
  • Swelling symptoms: Symptoms causing swelling or enlargement.
  • Testicle lump: Lump on the inside of a testicle or the surface region
  • Testicle pain: Pain affecting the testicle and/or scrotum
  • Testicle symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both testes or the scrotum.
  • Testicular Cancer: Cancer (malignant) that develops in the tissues of one or both testicles.
  • Testicular torsion: Twisting of a testicle's spermatic cord
  • Varicocele: Varicose veins around the testes

Last revision: Nov 6, 2003
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