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Testicular fine needle aspiration cytology in male infertility
Ali Amin1, Ahmad Monabati, Alireza Tadayon
1Department of Pathology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Objective:
To compare the accuracy of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Study Design:
A comparison of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy was performed on 34 infertile men over a 2-year period.
Results:
Concordance of the 2 tests was evident in 88% of cases. In discordant cases fine needle aspiration yielded more than biopsy, considering the existence of secondary spermatocytes and spermatids. Charcot-Bottcher crystalloids were frequently seen in the cytoplasm of Sertoli cells in normal and abnormal spermatogenesis.
Conclusion:
Testicular fine needle aspiration is a simple and cost-effective method of evaluating testicular pathology in male factor infertility. It may yield more diagnostic and therapeutic material than does biopsy.
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