Typical diseases of the testicles | Testicular pain

Typical diseases of the testicles

Abnormalities of the testicles (testis) include inflammation (orchitis) and tumors, which are malignant in 95% of cases and cause severe testicular pain.

Situation anomalies

Furthermore, there are anomalies in the position of the testis, including testicular retention and testicular ectopia. By testicular pain due to testicular retention one understands that the testis does not move to its definite place in the scrotum during embryonic development, but gets “stuck” on its normal path in between. This can be in the abdominal cavity or in the groin in the inguinal canal.

Testicular ectopia refers to the position of the testis outside the normal migration path. An acute emergency is the clinical picture of a very painful torsion of the testis, whereby the testis and the spermatic cord twist and thus prevent the normal blood circulation of the testis, causing pain in the testis. Furthermore, a varicocele, hydrocele or spermatocele can cause testicular pain. This can be a dilatation of the venous vessels of the testicles (varicocele), an accumulation of fluid in the tunica vaginalis (hydrocele) or a cyst filled with semen (spermatocele). All these diseases can be quickly diagnosed by an ultrasound of the testicle.

Prophylaxis and treatment

There is no general prophylaxis against the occurrence of testicular pain. Nor can a general therapy be recommended. The most important thing is always to take the complaints seriously and to have them clarified by a specialist as soon as possible.

In many of the above mentioned diseases, especially in testicular torsion, a quick treatment is important to save the affected testicle. In order to detect the occurrence of testicular tumors at an early stage, the testicle can be regularly palpated, similar to the procedure recommended for women at breast cancer screening. This is especially true if you know that you suffered from undescended testicles in childhood, as in this case the risk of both testicular cancer and inguinal hernia is increased.

If in doubt, it is better to have testicular pain clarified once too often than too late. Otherwise an irreparable damage to the testicle may already have occurred. Further interesting information from this area An overview of all already published topics from the field of anatomy can be found under Anatomy A – Z

  • Testicles
  • Testicular cancer
  • Pain testicles
  • Epididymis
  • Epididymitis
  • Inflammation of epididymis
  • Undescended testicle
  • Cryptorchidism
  • Bladder
  • Ureter
  • Sperm duct inflammation