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Male genital disease
Specialty	Urology

A male genital disease is a condition that affects the male reproductive system. The human male genitals consist of testicles and epididymides, ductus deferentes, seminal vesicles and ejaculatory ducts, prostate, bulbourethral glands, and penis.

Classification by type of disease

Infection

Aetiological agents

Bacterial

• Erythrasma
• Balanoposthitis
• Fournier's Gangrene

Fungus

• Candidiasis
• Tinea cruris

Parasites

• Cutaneous larva migrans
• Pubic lice
• Scabies
• Tick

Virus

• Molluscum contagiosum
• Herpes: simplex, zoster

Cancers

The probability of contracting a cancerous development depends on age, ethnicity and the existence, or non-existence, of environmental causation. Unlike all other genitally situated cancers, the incidence of penis cancer is related to the sexual mode of transmission.

Inflammation

An example of a male genital disease is orchitis.

Classification by location of disease

Penis

• Mondor's disease is a non-common disease
• Peyronie's disease is diagnosed when there is evidence of scar tissue formation within the tunica albuginea, tissue which contributes to the maintenance of the erectile state

Prostate

The three most statistically frequently occurring diseases of the prostate gland are benign hyperplasia (a swelling of the gland, not due to cancerous accumulation), prostatitis (inflammation), and cancer (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland).

See also

Female genital disease

References

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2. ^ Micali, Giuseppe; Cusini, Marco; Donofreo, Pompeo; Dinotta, Franco (2013). Atlas of Male Genital Disorders A Useful aid for Clinical Diagnosis. Springer Verlag Italia. ISBN 978-88-470-2786-2.
3. Epperson, W; Frank, W (1 June 1998). "Male genital cancers". Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 25 (2). (W. B. Saunders Company, Elsevier): 459–472. doi:10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70076-2. PMID 9628963.
4. Kumar, B; Narang, T; Radotra, BD; Gupta, S (2009). "Mondor's disease of penis: a forgotten disease". British Medical Journal. 40 (3): 281–289. doi:10.1136/sti.2004.014159. PMC 1745052.
5. "Penile Curvature (Peyronie's Disease)". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health). August 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
6. "Prostate disease". Better Health Channel (Department of Health of the State government of Victoria, Australia). 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
7. "Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health | National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

• Male genital disorders