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genital edema
Etiology:
- hereditary angioedema
- lymphedema
a) radical prostatectomy
b) pelvic irradiation
- continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
- progression of lower extremity edema
- metastatic transitional cell carcinoma bladder
- urinary obstruction
Epidemiology:
- genital edema in a child riding a bicycle (hereditary angioedema)
Differential diagnosis:
- hydrocele
- spermatocele
- inguinal hernia
General
edema (swelling, tumefaction, tumescence)
References
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006