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Epididymal disjunction anomalies in undescended testis - a factor associated with spermatic obstruction
Logsdon, Natasha T; Gallo, Carla M; Sampaio, Francisco J B; Favorito, Luciano A.
  • Logsdon, Natasha T; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ. Unidade de Pesquisa Urogenital. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Gallo, Carla M; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ. Unidade de Pesquisa Urogenital. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Sampaio, Francisco J B; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ. Unidade de Pesquisa Urogenital. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Favorito, Luciano A; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ. Unidade de Pesquisa Urogenital. Rio de Janeiro. BR
Int. braz. j. urol ; 48(2): 336-346, March-Apr. 2022. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1364946
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT

Background:

To analyze the incidence of epididymal anomalies (EAs) associated to spermatic obstruction in patients with undescended testis (UT) according to testicular position and age. Materials and

Methods:

We studied 87 patients (110 testis) with cryptorchidism and analyzed the presence of EAs correlated with the testicular position, age and patency of the processus vaginalis (PV). To analyze the relations between the testis and epididymis we considered three situations (a) Normal pattern the epididymis was attached to the testis at the head and tail and epididymis totally attached to the testis; (b) EAs when the epididymis was attached to the testis only at the head (Figure-1A) and (c) EAs associated to spermatic obstruction epididymis was attached to the testis only at the tail (Figure-1B) and when there are no visible connection between testis and epididymis (Figure-1C). We used the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and the Chi-square test for contingency analysis (p <0.05).

Results:

The mean age of the patients was 5.18 years (SD=2.867). Of 110 testes analyzed, 14 were abdominal (12.72%); 83 inguinal (75.45%) and 13 suprascrotal (11.81%). Normal relationships between testis and epididymis were observed in 54 patients (62.1%) with no significant differences in relation to the patient's age (p=0.666). Epididymal tail disjunction was observed in 23 patients (26.44%), with no significant differences in relation to age (p=0.59). EAs associated to spermatic obstruction were observed in 16 patients (18.4%), also with no significant differences in relation to age (p=0.684). We did not observe significant correlation between the testis position and the incidence of EAs (p=0.119). We did not observe significant correlations between patency of the PV (64.7%) and incidence of EAs (p=0.742).

Conclusions:

Epididymal anomalies associated with spermatic obstruction are present in almost 20% of undescended testes, without significant correlation with age, testicular position and patency of the PV. This information needs to be correlated to the infertility risk of this congenital anomaly.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Cryptorchidism Type of study: Incidence study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Child, preschool / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Int. braz. j. urol Journal subject: Urology Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Cryptorchidism Type of study: Incidence study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Child, preschool / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Int. braz. j. urol Journal subject: Urology Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ/BR