Ageing Changes in the Human Testis: a Light-Microscopic Study
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gerontology
- Vol. 24 (1) , 58-65
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000212237
Abstract
A histologic study of aging testes, removed surgically from healthy men aged 52-100 yr, is presented. The age-related changes noted were: tubular sclerosis, Leydig cell hyperplasia, focal mononuclear orchitis, capsular smooth muscle hyperplasia and dilatation of the rete testis. Great individual variations were seen but the testes, removed from patients with prostatic carcinoma, showed less severe aging changes than those removed from patients during herniorrhaphy. The etiology and pathogenesis of these changes are briefly discussed.Keywords
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