title: Testicular biopsy for infertility: a review of sixty-eight cases with a simplified histologic classification of lesions.
abstract: Sixty-eight testicular biopsies (29 bilateral and 39 unilateral) done for evaluation of oligospermia and azoospermia are reviewed. A simplified classification of the histologic lesions observed is proposed. A brief discussion of the etiology and pathogenesis of some of these lesions is included.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002452:Cell Count; D006801:Humans; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000473:pathology*; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology*