title: [TESE-ICSI in the treatment of secretory azoospermia secondary to cryptorchism. Report of a clinical case].
abstract: The pathogenic role of cryptorchism in male infertility is still controversial. To report a case of a 34-year-old patient consulted for primary infertility with a history of 2 years associated with prepubertal bilateral orchidopexy for cryptorchidism. The fertility studies demonstrated azoospermia and normal sperm volume. Testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were performed with success. Cryptorchism can cause primary obstructive infertility. Testicular sperm aspiration (TESA) is an alternative when spermatogenesis is preserved. In this patient TESE-ICSI was performed with success.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Andrologia Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain. andrologia@fundacio-puigvert.es
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ribé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manasia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egozcue
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pomerol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
vernacular_title: TESE-ICSI nel trattamento della azoospermia secretoria secondaria a criptorchidismo. Descrizione di un caso clinico.