title: The development and descent of the epididymis.
abstract: The epididymis is one of two organs which during the process of development in certain mammalian species descends from the dorsal abdominal wall into the scrotum. This phenomenon may or may not be accompanied by the testis during the descent, and it requires androgens. Androgen deficiency experimentally achieved induced cryptoepididymis. Both, experimentally with E2B induced as well as naturally occurring cryptoepididymis can be successfully treated with either HCG or LH-RH or a combination of both.
authors.affiliation: University Clinics, Basler Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hadziselimovic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herzog
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004822:Epididymis / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D014928:Wolffian Ducts / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*