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  2. Cryptorchidism - Wikipedia

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    Cryptorchidism, also known as undescended testis, is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. The word is from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kryptos) 'hidden' and ὄρχις (orchis) 'testicle'. It is the most common birth defect of the male genital tract. [1]

  3. Orchiopexy - Wikipedia

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    Orchiopexy is performed in the event of testicular torsion, a urologic emergency presenting with intense pain and often without inciting injury. [citation needed]While neonatal torsion occurs with no anatomic defect to account for its occurrence (occurring in utero or shortly after birth), adult torsion results from a bilateral congenital anomaly often called a "bell-clapper deformity", where ...

  4. What Is Low Testosterone & What Causes It? - AOL

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    Undescended testicles. Also known as cryptorchidism, undescended testicles occur when one or both testicles fail to fully migrate into the scrotum during development. It can lead to low ...

  5. Ridgling - Wikipedia

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    An undescended testicle is not a serious or life-threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times. This condition can be corrected by surgery to place the testicle in the correct position, but most ridglings are gelded to remove the testicle altogether. [7]

  6. Testicle - Wikipedia

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    Anorchia is the absence of one or both testicles. Cryptorchidism, or "undescended testicles", is when the testicle does not descend into the scrotum of an infant boy. [30] Testicular enlargement is an unspecific sign of various testicular diseases, and can be defined as a testicular size of more than 5 cm × 3 cm (short axis). [42]

  7. Monorchism - Wikipedia

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    One testicle not descending into the scrotum during normal embryonic or fetal development (3–4% of 'normal' live births), also known as undescended testis or cryptorchidism. In this case the testis is within the abdominal cavity, somewhere along the normal route of descent – most commonly, within the inguinal canal.

  8. Kallmann syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Lack of testicle development in men (size < 4 ml, whereas the normal range is between 12 and 25 ml). [2] Primary amenorrhoea (failure to start menstruation). [8] Poorly defined secondary sexual characteristics. [3] Micropenis in 5-10% of male cases. [2] Cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) at birth. [2] Low levels of the gonadotropins LH and ...

  9. Testicular dysgenesis syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS) is a male reproduction-related condition characterized by the presence of symptoms and disorders such as hypospadias, cryptorchidism, poor semen quality, and testicular cancer.