OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence and aetiology of @entity4810 in Mombasa, Kenya. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: The Mombasa Hospital Private Clinics, from January 1996 to 2001. SUBJECTS: Forty three @entity1 , aged between 21 and 55 years, referred to me with the chief complaint of @entity249 of unknown cause. INTERVENTION: @entity1 were managed conservatively and operatively. MEASUREMENT: Histological and laboratory evaluations. RESULTS: Of the 43 @entity1 observed, ten (23%) presented with signs of @entity6126 , fifteen (35%) with signs of acute and sub-acute inflammatory process ( @entity158 ), four (9%) and prolactinaemia, two (5%) had signs of gonadotropin insufficiency and another two (5%) @entity1 had varicocoeles. We did not establish the cause in ten (23%) @entity1 . CONCLUSION: @entity4810 in Mombasa appears to be primarily due to @entity6126 (23%), although in an equal proportion the cause is not obvious (idiopathic). A significant number of the @entity249 cases can be attributed to easily treatable conditions such as @entity281 (16%). The sample available is however not big enough to warrant any major conclusions as to the overall @entity4810 status in establishing possible avenues for future research.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'men'] @entity249 :: ('MESH:D007246', 'Disease') :: ['infertility'] @entity4810 :: ('MESH:D007248', 'Disease') :: ['Male infertility', 'male infertility'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections and infestations'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain and swelling'] @entity6126 :: ('MESH:D007006', 'Disease') :: ['hypogonadism']
@entity4810 :: (MESH:D007248,Disease) :: ['Male infertility']
