[Comparison the prevalence of varicocele in first degree relatives of patients and kidney donation volunteers]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Varicocele is an abnormal tortuosity and dilatation of the testicular veins within the spermatic cord. Varicocele is approximately found in 15% of the general population, despite of the high relatively prevalence of varicocele in the general population, and its association with impaired spermatogenesis and steroid genesis, the paucity available of information and majority of studies were centralized on pathophysiology, methods and results of Varicocele reparation. Regarding to the potential inheritance pattern, we desided to perform this study