Hematospermia

Hematospermia
The ejaculatory output of a man with severe hematospermia.
Classification and external resources
ICD-9-CM	608.82
DiseasesDB	31879
eMedicine	med/3466
Patient UK	Hematospermia
MeSH	D051516

Hematospermia,^{[lower-alpha 1]} the presence of blood in semen, is most often a benign symptom.^[1] Among men age 40 or older, hematospermia is a slight predictor of cancer, typically prostate cancer.^[2] No specific cause is found in up to 70% of cases.^[3]

Notes

↑ The symptom is also known as haematospermia, hemospermia and haemospermia.

References

↑ Ksenija B. Stefanovic-Peter C. Gregg-Michael Soung. "Evaluation and Treatment of Hematospermia". American Academy of Family Physicians. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
↑ Blood in semen: Causes
↑ Akhter, W; Khan, F; Chinegwundoh, F (April 2013). "Should every patient with hematospermia be investigated? A critical review". Central European Journal of Urology 66 (1): 79–82. doi:10.5173/ceju.2013.01.art25. PMC 3921834. PMID 24578999.

Male diseases of the pelvis and genitals (N40–N51, 600–608)

Internal

Testicular	Orchitis Hydrocele testis Testicular cancer Testicular torsion Male infertility Aspermia Asthenozoospermia Azoospermia Hyperspermia Hypospermia Oligospermia Necrospermia Teratospermia

Epididymis	Epididymitis Spermatocele Hematocele

Prostate	Prostatitis Acute prostatitis Chronic bacterial prostatitis Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis Benign prostatic hyperplasia Prostate cancer

Seminal vesicle	Seminal vesiculitis

External

Penis	Balanoposthitis/Balanitis (Balanitis plasmacellularis Pseudoepitheliomatous keratotic and micaceous balanitis) Phimosis Priapism Sexual dysfunction Erectile dysfunction Peyronie's disease Penile cancer Penile fracture Balanitis xerotica obliterans

Other

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