ABSTRACT
Forty four biopsies were performed on testes during hydrocele operations. They show alteration in 52.2 percent of the biopsies. There is variable effect of size and duration of hydrocele on the morphogenesis of testes. However, size and duration are not the only influencing factors and there is need to analyse the histological changes in hydrocele of different etiology.
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Adult , Atrophy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Scrotum , Spermatogenesis , Testicular Hydrocele/pathology , Testis/pathologyABSTRACT
Forty three randomly selected patients of scrotal hydrocele were investigated for alterations in functions of the testes. FSH and LH levels were raised in 50 and 75 per cent of patients respectively whereas testosterone level was found subnormal in 14 of the 28 patients in whom hormone profile was studied. LH and FSH levels also showed some relation with duration and size of the hydrocele. Similarly, sperm concentration and their motility was found affected by the duration of the disease.