SYPHILITIC ORCHITIS
\sˌa͡ɪfɪlˈɪtɪk ɔːkˈa͡ɪtɪs], \sˌaɪfɪlˈɪtɪk ɔːkˈaɪtɪs], \s_ˌaɪ_f_ɪ_l_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k ɔː_k_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_s]\
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Syphilitic disease of the body of the testicle. It is characterized by moderate enlargement of the organ, accompanied with little or no pain and with marked insensibility to pressure. The surface is usually smooth and uniform, sometimes nodular. It often results in atrophy, rarely in softening. In the latter case perforation occurs, with fungous outgrowths. Two forms have been described: a diffuse form, in which the tunica albuginea is especially involved and becomes thickened and sclerosed; and a circumscribed form, in which gummatous material is deposited in nodular masses.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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