Ultrasonography cannot reliably localize nonpalpable undescended testes, but a combination of conventional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) should be recommended, according to two recent ...

The testes begin to develop in a boy's abdomen near his kidneys whilst he is a fetus. Before he is born they travel down the abdomen, through the groin and into the scrotum or bag behind his penis.

SUNDAY, Sept. 2, 2018 -- Young boys with undescended testes are at increased risk for testicular cancer and infertility in adulthood, new research suggests. Undescended testes are the most common ...

A young British boy was left infertile following a botched surgery on the wrong testicle, his family said. The 2-year-old boy went in for the procedure at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children ...

As with every other body part, testicle size varies from person to person, often with little or no effect on health. Measuring the size of your testes is usually done with an ultrasound. This painless ...

Undescended testicles (UT), which is used synonymously with the term cryptorchidism, is characterized as the failure of either one or both testes and their associated structures to descend during ...

The results suggested that early prolonged hormonal therapy is advisable in all patients with cryptorchidism to increase the speed of testicular descent to the scrotum achieved by surgery, and thereby ...

The role of LHRH nasal spray was assessed in 40 boys with 54 undescended testes (UDT). Subjects were divided randomly into three groups: eighteen placebo, twelve low dose (600 micrograms daily) and ...