Male genital disease explained

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.^[1]

Classification by type of disease

Infection

Aetiological agents

See main article: Aetiology.

Bacterial

• Erythrasma
• Balanoposthitis
• Fournier's Gangrene

Fungus

• Candidiasis
• Tinea cruris

Parasites

• Cutaneous larva migrans
• Pubic lice
• Scabies
• Tick

Virus

• Molluscum contagiosum^[2]
• Herpes: simplex, 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.

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), and cancer^[6] (which is the accumulation of malignant cells in the gland).^[7]

See also

Female genital disease

Notes and References

1. Book: O'Rahilly. Ronan . Müller. Fabiola. Carpenter. Stanley. Swenson. Rand . BASIC HUMAN ANATOMY A Regional Study of Human Structure . Dartmouth Medical School. 2004. en.
2. Book: Micali. Giuseppe. Cusini . Marco. Donofreo. Pompeo. Dinotta. Franco. Atlas of Male Genital Disorders A Useful aid for Clinical Diagnosis. Springer Verlag Italia. 2013. 978-88-470-2786-2. en.
3. Epperson. W. Frank. W. Male genital cancers. . (W. B. Saunders Company, Elsevier) . 1 June 1998 . 25 . 2. 459–472. 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70076-2. 9628963.
4. Mondor's disease of penis: a forgotten disease. 10.1136/sti.2004.014159 . 2009 . Kumar . B . Narang. T. Radotra. BD. Gupta. S. British Medical Journal. 40 . 3 . 281–289 . 1745052.
5. Web site: 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 . 9 February 2021.
6. Web site: 2018 . Prostate disease. Better Health Channel (Department of Health of the State government of Victoria, Australia). 9 February 2021.
7. Web site: Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version. . 9 February 2021.