STEROID THERAPY IN MUMPS ORCHITIS
Authors: G W ZELUFF, T J FATHERREE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 May 1957STEROID THERAPY IN MUMPS ORCHITISGEORGE W. ZELUFF, M.D., T. J. FATHERREE, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE W. ZELUFF, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, T. J. FATHERREE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-5-852 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMumps is an acute infectious disease of viral origin affecting primarily the parotid glands, but often involving the testicles, ovaries, central nervous system and pancreas. The complication of an orchitis seems confined almost entirely to adults, in whom it may constitute an exquisitely painful, disabling entity. Mumps orchitis usually appears as the parotitis is subsiding, somewhere between the fifth and seventh days. It may be unilateral or bilateral, and not infrequently is preceded by an epididymitis. The incidence of orchitis varies considerably in different series,1, 2, 3but is generally said to be in the order of 20% of the...Bibliography1. Worden EM: Mumps, Canad. M. A. J. 50: 47, 1944. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. DermonLettew HEW: Mumps, Am. J. M. Sc. 208: 240, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Cecil RL: Textbook of medicine, 9th Ed., 1955, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. BallewMasters JWWH: Mumps: cause of infertility: Fertility and Sterility 5: 536, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. SpinelliCressyRunkel NPNLP: Aureomycin in the treatment of mumps orchitis and encephalitis, Connecticut M. J. 15: 113, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. WesselhoeftVose CSN: Surgical treatment of severe orchitis in mumps, New England J. Med. 227: 297, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GellisMcGuinessPeters SSACM: A study on the prevention of mumps orchitis by gamma globulin, Am. J. M. Sc. 210: 661, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Norton RJ: Use of diethylstilbestrol in orchitis due to mumps, J. A. M. A. 143: 172, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Solem JH: The effect of corticotropin in the orchitis of mumps, Acta med. Scandinav. 149: 341, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. KinsellJahn LWJP: Combined hormonal-antibiotic therapy in patients with fulminating infections, Arch. Int. Med. 96: 418, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. JohnsonBennett ECHD: ACTH in the treatment of infectious hepatitis, Gastroenterology 28: 265, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Beeson PB Yearbook of Medicine, , Editor, 1955-56, Year Book Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 63. Google Scholar13. EskwithCacaceSollosy ISVAA: Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, New England J. Med. 252: 494, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Houston, Texas*Received for publication November 27, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, Baylor University Medical School, and the Department of Medicine, Methodist Hospital.Requests for reprints should be addressed to George W. Zeluff, M.D., Hermann Professional Building, Houston 25, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUnspezifische Infektionen der Geschlechtsorgane und der HarnröhreCorticotropin and Corticosteroids in Human Viral InfectionsMUMPS AND MALE FERTILITYUses of Corticosteroids in Urologic PracticeCommon Viral Infections in Childhood: A Discussion of Measles, German Measles, Mumps, Chickenpox, Vaccinia and SmallpoxMUMPS MYOCARDITIS: CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*GLENN E. HORTON, M.D.EFFECTS OF CORTISONE AND ACTH IN MUMPS MENINGO-ENCEPHALITIS*JOHN K. SPITZNAGELTreatment of Mumps Orchitis with ACTH and Cortisone 1 May 1957Volume 46, Issue 5Page: 852-856KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneHospital medicineInflammationMumpsOrchitisOvariesPancreasParotid glandsParotitisSteroid therapy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...