Korean J Urol.
1986 Oct;27(5):621-624.
An Experimental Study on the Role of Leydig Cell in Testicular Descent
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Experimental cryptorchidism has been produced in young rats by administration of estrogen of various doses and time to study the changes in the Leydig cells. Attempt was made to determine the number of Leydig cells in the cryptorchid and normal control to compare the results obtained with one another. Atrophic changes of Leydig cells were more prominent in the cryptorchid than the descended one and proportionate to the degrees of descending. Leydig cells were scattered, not clustered and decreased in number as a atrophic changes. These results suggest a close relation between Leydig cell and the testicular descending.
