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Medical condition
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 .
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Classification by type of disease
Infection
Aetiological agents
Bacterial
Fungus
Parasites
Virus
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.
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Inflammation
An example of a male genital disease is
orchitis .[
citation needed ]
Classification by location of disease
Penis
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)
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See also
Female genital disease
References
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Atlas of Male Genital Disorders A Useful aid for Clinical Diagnosis .
Springer Verlag Italia .
ISBN
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"Male genital cancers" .
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"Mondor's disease of penis: a forgotten disease" .
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"Penile Curvature (Peyronie's Disease)" . National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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"Prostate disease" . Better Health Channel (Department of Health of the
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