A 16-Year-Old Boy Is Brought to the Clinic for a Problem

question 16

Multiple Choice

A 16-year-old boy is brought to the clinic for a problem that he refused to let his mother see. The nurse examines him, and finds that he has scrotal swelling on the left side. He had the mumps the previous week, and the nurse suspects that he has orchitis. Which of the following assessment findings support this diagnosis? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Swollen testis
• B) Mass that transilluminates
• C) Scrotal skin that is reddened
• D) Mass that does not transilluminate
• E) Scrotum that is tender upon palpation
• F) Scrotum that is nontender upon palpation

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