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*Secondary causes: | *Secondary causes: | ||
**Germ cell loss/decrease: | **Germ cell loss/decrease: | ||
***[[ | ***[[Cryptorchidism]]. | ||
***Advanced age. | ***Advanced age. | ||
**Endocrine-related: | **Endocrine-related: | ||
*** | ***Adrenal hyperplasia. | ||
***Excess hCG | ***Excess hCG - exogenous or tumour. | ||
Other associations:<ref name=pmid9488073/> | Other associations:<ref name=pmid9488073/> | ||
*[[Klinefelter's syndrome]].<ref name=pmid26209412>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sterbis | first1 = J. | last2 = E-Nunu | first2 = T. | title = Leydig cell hyperplasia in the setting of Klinefelter syndrome. | journal = BMJ Case Rep | volume = 2015 | issue = | pages = | month = | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1136/bcr-2015-209805 | PMID = 26209412 }}</ref> | *[[Klinefelter's syndrome]].<ref name=pmid26209412>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sterbis | first1 = J. | last2 = E-Nunu | first2 = T. | title = Leydig cell hyperplasia in the setting of Klinefelter syndrome. | journal = BMJ Case Rep | volume = 2015 | issue = | pages = | month = | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1136/bcr-2015-209805 | PMID = 26209412 }}</ref> | ||
*Pernicious anemia. | *[[Pernicious anemia]]. | ||
*[[Alcoholism]]. | *[[Alcoholism]]. | ||
*Infection - syphilis, tuberculosis. | *Infection - [[syphilis]], [[tuberculosis]]. | ||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||