Testicular biopsy in azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia.
The continued experience of testicular biopsy application in 861 cases of azoospermia and 152 cases of severe oligospermia is reported adding to the previously published cases of 1075 patients with azoospermia. The most common finding in the whole series was that of normal testis denoting obstruction (48%), while among cases of functional azoospermia, Sertoli cell only and spermatogenic arrest were the most frequent (66%).
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000473:pathology*; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology*