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BASICS
Description
- Testis or scrotal pain that is intermittent or constant, may be unilateral, bilateral, or bilaterally alternating and lasts >3 mo
- A chronic condition that should be differentiated from acute pain associated with torsion, trauma, or epididymo-orchitis
- Can remain localized to scrotum or radiate to groin, perineum, back, or legs
- Dysuria or suprapubic pain alone is excluded from the definition
- Etiology and treatment in many cases is poorly understood.
- Synonym(s): Orchalgia, idiopathic testicular pain, orchiodynia, chronic scrotal pain syndrome
Epidemiology
- Majority of patients present at around 35–40.
- May be increased in men with psychological disturbance.
- The prevalence of neurogenic-origin pain in the general population may be ~1%.
- Prevalence of chronic testicular pain is characterized for ...
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