Lecture 5- Mens urology Flashcards
foreskin problems
phimosis
paraphimosis
Phimosis
- When prepuce cannot be fully retracted in adult
- Incidence 1% in non circumcised pop.
Physiology phimosis
Normal non-retractability up to adolescence
Causes of phimosis
- Poor hygiene (build-up of smegma)
- STDs
- Penile cancer
Symptoms of phimosis
- Pain on intercourse, splitting/bleeding
- Balanitis (inflamed glans)
- Posthitis (inflamed foreskin/prepuce)
- Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO)
- Urinary retention
phimosis beware
- In adulthood may be associated with other pathologies
- Beware of the elderly with phimosis and balanitis
best treatment for phimosis
- Circumcision best treatment
balanitis
Balanitis is the inflammation of the glans penis and posthitis is the inflammation of the foreskin (prepuce).
The term balanoposthitis refers to inflammation of both glans penis and prepuce.
BXO- balanitis xerotica obliterans
is a chronic, often progressive disease, which can lead to phimosis and urethral stenosis, affecting both urinary and sexual function. Steroid creams are usually the first-line treatment but have a limited role and surgical intervention is frequently necessary.
Paraphimosis
Painful constriction of the glans by the retracted prepuces proximal to the corona
Commonest causes of paraphimosis
- Phimosis
- Catheterisation esp in elderly (when you retract the foreskin and don’t put it back)
- Penile cancer
Treatment of paraphimosis
- Needs reduction
- Achieved manually
- Occasionally dorsal slit may be necessary
what type of cancer is penile cancer
squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Penile cancer- squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
rare cancer
- Untreated = most die within 2 years, with treatment = 5 years
- Important not to miss
Risk factors for penile cancer
- Phimosis
- Hygiene(smegma)
- HPV 16 and 18
causes of scrotal pain
- Testicular torsion- Emergency
- Epididymitis /orchitis/epididymo-orchitis
- UTI
- STI
- Mumps
- Torsion of hydatid of Morgagni (embryological remnant)
- Trauma
- Ureteric calculi (rarely)
diagnosis of acute scrotal pain
- History
- Is it painful?
- How quickly has it improved?
- Exam
- Can I get above it
- If not likely it’s a hernia
- Is it in the body of the testis
- If yes, this could be a testicular tumour
- Is it separate to the testis?
- Does it fluctuate and transilluminate?
- Can I get above it
- Opportunistic presentations
- e.g. lumps, pain etc
Painless scrotal lump- not tender
- Testis tumour
- Epididymal cyst
- Hydrocele
- Reducible inguino-scrotal hernia
Painless/acheing at the end of the day- non-tender
Varicocele
Acute presentation with scrotal lump – painful
- Epididymitis
- Epididymo-orchitis
- Strangulated inguino-scrota hernia- emergency
Testicular torsion
- History
- Younger patient <30
- Sudden onset e.g. woke from sleep
- Unilateral pain, may be nauseated/ vomit
- No LUTS
- Examination
- Testis very tender
- Lying high in scrotum with horizontal lie
- Treatment
- Needs emergency scrotal exploration
- Do not waste time with US
Epididymo-orchitis
an inflammation of the epididymis and/or testicle (testis). It is usually due to infection, most commonly from a urine infection or a sexually transmitted infection. A course of antibiotic medicine will usually clear the infection. Full recovery is usual.
Epididymo-orchitis History
- Age
- 20-40/50- STI e.g. chlamydia
- 40/50+ - UTI esp E.coli
- Gradual onset
- Unilateral
- Often recent history of
- UTI
- Unprotected sex
- Catheter
- Check for mumps history (usually bilateral symptoms)- may present like this before glands in neck
Epididymo-orchitis examination
- Pyrexial, can be septic
- Scrotum erythematous
- Testis/epididymis enlarged, tender
- Fluctuant areas may represent abscess
- May have reactive hydrocele
- Rarely- necrotic area of scrotal skin (Fournier’s gangrene- high mortality rate 50%) – emergency – usually diabetic
Epididymo-orchitis investigations
- Bloods
- FCS/ U&Es/ cultures
- Urine
- MSU
- Radiology
- Scrotal USS