Bilharziasis and azoospermia

Arch Androl. 1980 Dec;5(4):369-72. doi: 10.3109/01485018008987008.

Abstract

Two patients in their twenties were investigated for a complaint of primary sterility. Semen analysis, showed azoospermia and testicular biopsy showed inhibited spermatogenesis in association with bilharzia ova in the interstitium in both cases. No similar cases were reported previously in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oligospermia / complications*
  • Oligospermia / pathology
  • Schistosomiasis / complications*
  • Schistosomiasis / pathology
  • Seminiferous Tubules / pathology
  • Testis / pathology*