01317nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001500065653001100080653002200091653001200113653000900125653001600134653001000150653001100160100001700171700001300188700001500201700001500216245007700231300000900308490000700317050001700324520067200341022001401013       1979                            d  c1979 Mar10aAdult10aEpididymis10aHumans10aInfertility, Male10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSemen10aTestis1 aIbrahiem A A1 aAwad H A1 aMetawi B A1 aHamada T A00aPathologic changes in testis and epididymis of infertile leprotic males.  a44-90 v47  aIBRAHIEM19793 a<p>Thirty-two cases of male infertility in patients having leprosy were studied. One case was oligospermic and the remaining 31 cases were azoospermic. Pathologic changes in the testis and epididymis are described and illustrated. An important observation was the presence of obstruction in the tail of the epididymis in five cases and this obstruction was undoubtedly the cause of sterility in these five cases as the head of the epididymis was full of sperm and testicular biopsy was more or less normal. In the remaining 27 cases, the cause of sterility was testicular affection with fibrosis and hyalinization of the seminiferous tubules in most of the cases.</p>  a0148-916X