Epididymitis in Mumps, Including Orchitis: Further Clinical Studies and Comments

Article1 January 1951EPIDIDYMITIS IN MUMPS, INCLUDING ORCHITIS: FURTHER CLINICAL STUDIES AND COMMENTSSAMUEL CANDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL CANDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-1-20 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOrchitis is a significant and common complication of mumps occurring after puberty. On the other hand, epididymitis as a frequent concomitant of the orchitis of mumps apparently has escaped the attention of many observers. Candel, Wheelock and Grimaldi1observed a case of mumps in which bilateral epididymitis preceded the appearance of bilateral orchitis by two days. This focused their attention upon the epididymis, and they concluded from a study of 105 cases of mumps, of which 23 developed orchitis, that epididymitis is frequently associated with orchitis. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication December 28, 1948.From the U. S. Naval Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi.The views expressed herein are the opinions of the writer and not necessarily the views of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery or the Navy at large. 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