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Alaa Hamada, Sandro C. Esteves and Ashok AgarwalVaricocele and Male InfertilitySpringerBriefs in Reproductive Biology10.1007/978-3-319-24936-0_77. Varicocele in Adolescents
(1)
TUFTS Medical School/St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
(2)
ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Avenida Dr. Heitor Penteado, 1464, 13075-460 Campinas, SP, Brazil
(3)
American Centre for Reproductive Medicine Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Adolescent varicocele have been associated with testicular volume loss, endocrine abnormalities, and abnormal semen parameters [251]. Severe testicular damage is found in 20 % of adolescents affected, with abnormal findings in 46 % of affected adolescents. Histological findings are similar in children or adolescents and in infertile men. In 70 % of patients with grade 2 and 3 varicocele, left testicular volume loss was found.