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Vascular morphology in testes of infertile males with varicocele
1University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
Abstract:
Testicular biopsies of 38 infertile males with varicocele were examined for vascular changes. Endothelial prominence, intimal fibrosis and increased amount of collagen in the media were present in veins, venules and capillaries. The small vessels were thickened with the deposition of homogeneous bluish pink material. The material stained green on Van Geison stain. The vascular changes were bilateral even in patients of unilateral varicocele. The severity of these changes was not related to tubular morphology.
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