Hospitalisation is indicated for severe cases, and check-ups can ensure the infection has cleared up. Surgical removal of the epididymis is rarely necessary, causes sterility, and only gives relief from pain in approximately 50% of cases. However, in acute suppurating epididymitis (acute epididymitis with a discharge of pus), an epididymotomy may be recommended; in refractory cases, a full epididymectomy may be required. In cases with unrelenting testicular pain, removal of the entire testicle—orchiectomy—may also be warranted. It is generally believed that most cases of chronic epididymitis will eventually "burn out" of patients system if left untreated, though this might take years or even decades. However, some prostate-related medications have proven effective in treating chronic epididymitis, including doxazosin. Epidemiology
Epididymitis makes up 1 in 144 visits for medical care (0.69 percent) in men 18 to 50 years old or 600,000 cases in males between 18 and 35 in the United States.It occurs primarily in those 16 to 30 years of age and 51 to 70 years. As of 2008 there appears to be an increase in incidences in the United States that parallels an increase in reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea. References
Further reading
Galejs LE (February 1999). "Diagnosis and treatment of the acute scrotum". Am Fam Physician. 59 (4): 817–24. PMID 10068706. Nickel JC (2003). "Chronic epididymitis: a practical approach to understanding and managing a difficult urologic enigma". Rev Urol. 5 (4): 209–15. PMC 1553215. PMID 16985840. External links

Epididymitis at Curlie
Oxycephaly is a type of cephalic disorder where the top of the skull is pointed or conical due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures. It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly is the most severe of the craniosynostoses. Presentation
Common associations
It may be associated with:
8th cranial nerve lesion
Optic nerve compression
Intellectual disability
Syndactyly

Diagnosis
Treatment
See also
Acrocephalosyndactylia

References
Further reading

NINDS Overview
Ebenezer, Roy (1960). "Craniostenosis or oxycephaly". Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 8 (3): 77–80. ISSN 0301-4738. PMID 13819157. == External links ==