What is Undescended Testicle?

What is Undescended Testicle?

• Undescended Testicle: Congenital failure of one or both testes to descend.
• Undescended Testicle: failure of testes to descend into scrotum.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Undescended Testicle: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer".
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Undescended Testicle: Introduction

Types of Undescended Testicle:

Types of Undescended Testicle:

• Incomplete testis descent - testis still in the groin or not fully into scrotum.
• Cryptorchidism - testes hidden in the abdomen
• Ectopic testis - testes outside the normal pathway of testicel descent (abdomen-groin-scrotum)
• Retractile testis - testes that retract into the groin with cold or touching
• more types...»

How many people get Undescended Testicle?

Incidence (annual) of Undescended Testicle: 3% of male babies; about 30% of premature male babies.
Incidence Rate of Undescended Testicle: approx 1 in 66 or 1.50% or 4.1 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Undescended Testicle?

Patient Profile for Undescended Testicle: Newborn infant males. A retractile testis is also common in childhood.

How serious is Undescended Testicle?

Complications of Undescended Testicle: see complications of Undescended Testicle

What causes Undescended Testicle?

Causes of Undescended Testicle: see causes of Undescended Testicle
Risk factors for Undescended Testicle: see risk factors for Undescended Testicle

What are the symptoms of Undescended Testicle?

Symptoms of Undescended Testicle: see symptoms of Undescended Testicle

Complications of Undescended Testicle: see complications of Undescended Testicle

Can anyone else get Undescended Testicle?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Undescended Testicle

Undescended Testicle: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Undescended Testicle.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Undescended Testicle.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Undescended Testicle: see treatments for Undescended Testicle
Research for Undescended Testicle: see research for Undescended Testicle

Society issues for Undescended Testicle

Hospitalization statistics for Undescended Testicle: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Undescended Testicle:

• 0.052% (7,960) of hospital consultant episodes were for undescended testicle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 99% of hospital consultant episodes for undescended testicle required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for undescended testicle were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2% of hospital consultant episodes for undescended testicle required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for undescended testicle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for undescended testicle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for undescended testicle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Undescended Testicle:

Organs and body systems related to Undescended Testicle include:

• Testicles

Name and Aliases of Undescended Testicle

Main name of condition: Undescended Testicle

Class of Condition for Undescended Testicle: congen.defect

Undescended Testis

Cryptorchism (maldescended or ectopic testis), Cryptorchidism Source - Diseases Database

Undescended testis, Undescended testicle
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Undescended Testicle:

• Cryptorchidism
• Infertility
• Testicular torsion
• Hydrocele
• Testicular cancer
• Ectopic testis
• Abdominal testis

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