Exogenous maternal hormones (e.g., those used in infertility treatment)
Maternal oral contraceptive use
Consanguinity
Family history of urologic abnormalities or neonatal deaths
Prematuri...
Patients with undescended testes should be referred for surgical evaluation no later than 3 months of age.
Hormonal therapy
For many years hormonal therapy was widely used in E...
Barthold JS, Wang Y, Kolon TF, et al. Pathway analysis supports association of nonsyndromic cryptorchidism with genetic loci linked to cytoskeleton-dependent functions. Hum Reprod. ...
Q53.9 Undescended testicle, unspecified
Q53.10 Unspecified undescended testicle, unilateral
Q53.20 Undescended testicle, unspecified, bilateral
Q53.11 Abdominal t...
Q: If there is only one testicle in the scrotum, will fertility be affected?
A: In general, the outlook for paternity is good in a patient with only one descended testicle. Paternity is more signif...
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Undescended Testicle You should distinguish between undescended testes, shown above (with testes in the inguinal canals), from highly retractile testes due to an active cremasteric reflex.
Undescended Testicle You should distinguish between undescended testes, shown above (with testes in the inguinal canals), from highly ret...
<bold><italic>Figure 20-8</bold> Undescended testis (cryptorchidism).</bold> An undescended testis may be found in the abdomen, in the inguinal canal, or high in the scrotum. Percent figures indicate the proportion of cases at each location.
<bold><italic>Figure 20-8</bold> Undescended testis (cryptorchidism).</bold> An undescended testis may be found in...