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=Benign=
==Testicular atrophy==
===General===
*Microscopic appearance identical to ''cryptorchidism'' (undescended testis).<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_506-7>{{Ref PCPBoD8|506-7}}</ref>
===Gross===
*Decreased size.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_506-7>{{Ref PCPBoD8|506-7}}</ref>
*Thickening of seminiferous tubule basement membrane.
*Intertubular fibrosis.
*Decreased sperm/no sperm present.
Note:
*End-stage testicle - only has Sertoli cell within the seminiferous tubules.
Image:
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20080802171227609 Testicular atrophy (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].


=Premalignant=
=Premalignant=
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