Epididymoorchitis classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Classification

Epididymoorchitis can be classified based on duration or cause of the disease.

Based on Duration

Epididymoorchitis can be divided into acute and chronic epididymoorchitis based on duration of the illness:

• Acute epididymoorchitis: are cases lasting less than 6 weeks in duration
• Chronic epididymoorchitis: are cases lasting more than 3 months in duration

Based on Cause

There are several etiological factors to epididymoorchitis and these include:

• Infectious causes
• Noninfectious causes
• Idiopathic epididymoorchitis

For more on the causative agents of epididymoorchitis, click here