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Diseases of the Testes

Anatomy of the Testes

• Anatomy of the Testes: Gross appearance, vascular supply, innvervation, spermatic cord.
• Anatomy of the Testes: Histology, Spermatogenesis.
• Anatomy of the Testes: Male Hormones (Testosteron, LH, FSH, Inhibin).

Congenital Diseases

• Disorders of sexual development
• Klinefelter syndrome
• 46,XX males
• Gonadal dysgenesis
• True hermaphroditism
• Female pseudohermaphroditism
• Adrenogenital syndrome
• Male pseudohermaphroditism
• Disorders of the testosterone synthesis
• Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)
• 5alpha-reductase deficiency
• Vanishing testis syndrome (bilateteral anorchia)
• Persisting Müllerian duct syndrome
• Cryptorchidism:
  • Cryptorchidism: Definition and Causes
  • Cryptorchidism: Signs, Symptoms and Diagnostik Workup
  • Cryptorchidism: Hormonal Treatment and Surgery

Trauma

• Testicular trauma

Infections

• Epididymitis
• Mumps orchitis
• Fournier gangrene

Benign Diseases of the Testes

• Testicular torsion
• Torsion of testicular appendage
• Varicocele
  • Varicocele: Classification, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms
  • Varicocele: Treatment (Surgery)
• Hydroceles of the Testis, communicating hydroceles, abdominoscrotal hydroceles and hydroceles of the cord.
• Spermatocele
• Male infertility
• Hypogonadism

Tumors of the Testes

• Germ cell tumors
• Extragonadal germ cell tumors
• Testicular lymphoma
• Testicular stromal tumors:
  • Leydig-cell tumor
  • Sertoli cell tumor
  • Gonadoblastoma
• Benign mesenchymal tumors
• Epidermoid cyst of the testis
• Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma

Surgical Procedures of the Testis

• Inguinal orchidopexy
• Scrotal orchiectomy
• Radical (inguinal) orchiectomy
• Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy
• Hydrocelectomy
• Spermatocelectomy
• Vasectomy

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