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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= | ||