Familial occurrence of undescended testes

We had the opportunity of treating a family with 6 siblings, 2 of them twins, all sons of the same father and mother, 5 of whom had undescended testes. We hereby report on this rare occurrence of familial undescended testes. Only 1 similar case was previously reported in the English literature. The...

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Published inUrology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 355 - 358
Main Authors Savion, M., Nissenkorn, I., Servadio, C., Dickerman, Z.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.1984
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Chorionic Gonadotropin - administration & dosage
Combined Modality Therapy
Cryptorchidism - diagnosis
Cryptorchidism - genetics
Cryptorchidism - therapy
Diseases in Twins
Female
Follicle Stimulating Hormone - blood
Follow-Up Studies
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Luteinizing Hormone - blood
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Pregnancy
Testis - surgery
Twins, Dizygotic
Testicle
Family study
Ectopia
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Summary:We had the opportunity of treating a family with 6 siblings, 2 of them twins, all sons of the same father and mother, 5 of whom had undescended testes. We hereby report on this rare occurrence of familial undescended testes. Only 1 similar case was previously reported in the English literature. The literature is reviewed, and possible etiologic factors are mentioned.
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ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/0090-4295(84)90139-0