Unilateral Cryptorchidism with Compensatory Hypertrophy of Descended Testicle in Prepubertal Boys
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Hormone Research
- Vol. 9 (4) , 185-193
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000178912
Abstract
5 prepubertal boys with unilateral cryptorchidism and compensatory hypertrophy of the descended testicle, 22 prepubertal boys with unilateral cryptorchidism and without CTH, and 14 prepubertal normal boys were submitted to LH-RH and to HCG tests in order to study the hormonal behaviour in CTH phenomenon before puberty. High but normal peaks of plasma LH and FSH were observed after LH-RH in CTH boys who showed a significant increase of testosterone after HCG stimulation. On the contrary the LH response to LH-RH and the testosterone response to HCG of the boys with unilateral cryptorchidism and without CTH were, as expected, significantly lower than in the control ones.Keywords
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