title: Ultrasound, antisperm antibody, and hormone profiles after testicular Trucut biopsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of Trucut needle biopsy on the ultrasound appearances of the testis in obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia to test serum samples for antisperm antibodies and gonadotropin and testosterone levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective case analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  IVF unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen subjects with obstructive azoospermia had postbiopsy ultrasound scans, 18 had assessment of hormone profiles, and 20 had evaluation of antisperm antibodies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trucut needle testicular biopsies under local anesthetic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postbiopsy testicular ultrasound, the presence of serum antisperm antibodies, and follicle stimulating and luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no postbiopsy hematomas or scars, antisperm antibodies did not develop, and pituitary gonadotropins did not rise nor testosterone levels fall.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trucut needle testicular biopsy in men with obstructive azoospermia is not associated with defects of parenchymal structure or function.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McClure
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone