Testicular alterations in hansen's disease

H.O. ARRUDA; A.P. CEDENHO; L.H.F. ARRUDA

doi:10.47878/hi.1991.v16.35229

Autores

H.O. ARRUDA Adjunct Prof. at Faculdade de Medicine de Jundiaí, São Paulo, SP.
A.P. CEDENHO Adjunct Prof. at Faculdade de Medicine de Jundiaí, São Paulo, SP.
L.H.F. ARRUDA Auxiliary Prof. at Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí, São Paulo, SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1991.v16.35229

Palavras-chave:

Hansen's disease, Testes, Histology, Morphometry, Auto-aggression

Resumo

Fifty testicular specimens and seminal fluid of 10 normal individuals and 24 patients with Hansen's disease were studied. General and early histological alterations, the frequency of young spermatides in tubular lumen and the measure of the diameters of 1.450 seminiferous tubules were checked. According to the results, it was not possible to establish a qualifying correlation within histological descriptions and/or a quantifying correlation within morphometry from a specific clinical group with Hansen's disease. Thus, the simultany and the variability of the findings seen in a same testis are opposite to the evolving phases described by Grabstald and Swan and to the classification presented by Kumar. The authors suggest that the testicular alterations be a consequence of an auto- aggression to the gland.

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