Male genital disease
| Male genital disease | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology  |
A male genital disease is a condition that affects the
Classification by type of disease
Infection
Aetiological agents
Bacterial
- Erythrasma[2]
- Balanoposthitis[2]
- Fournier's Gangrene[2]
Fungus
Parasites
Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum[2]
- zoster[2]
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.[3]
Inflammation
An example of a male genital disease is orchitis.[citation needed]
Classification by location of disease
Penis
- Mondor's disease is a non-common disease[4]
- 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[5]
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), cancer[6] (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland)[7]
See also
References
- Dartmouth Medical School.
- ^ ISBN 978-88-470-2786-2.
- PMID 9628963.
- PMC 1745052.
- ^ "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.
- State government of Victoria, Australia). 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health | National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2021.