Abstract
Purpose: to study the morphological changes of testis in patients who had cryptorchidism in childhood.Methods. The examination results of 9 patients who underwent treatment for cryptorchidism and presented with infertility within marriage when they were 24–30 y. o. were studied. Clinical examination, ultrasound imaging of the scrotum, complete spermograms, hormonal studies, open biopsy of the testis with subsequent pathomorphological assessment of biopsy specimens were carried out.Results: observation of 9 patients with azoospermia who had undergone a course of conservative and surgical treatment for cryptorchidism when they were 4–14 years, resulted in testicular atrophy leading to the decrease in the tissue mass of the organ and high level of FSH.Conclusion: hormonal tests, ultrasound examinations and pathomorphological studies enable to estimate the extent of epitheliospermatogenic layer involvement.
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