The paper also cited an apparent parallel rise in other reproductive tract problems such as undescended testes, malformed penises and testicular cancer.
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Undescended testes are associated with reduced fertility, increased risk of testicular germ cell tumors and psychological problems when the boy is grown.
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The tissue in undescended testes becomes more markedly abnormal ( " degenerates " ) in microscopic appearance between 2 and 4 years after birth.
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Hart was pressured into an invasive surgery to remove her undescended testes, and in the documentary she faces the traumatic emotional scars from that operation.
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"' Orchiopexy "'for repair of undescended testes ( cryptorchidism ) is the second most common surgery performed on infant male genitalia ( after circumcision ).
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The basis for the universal recommendation for early surgery is research showing degeneration of spermatogenic tissue and reduced spermatogonia counts after the second year of life in undescended testes.
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The panel wrote that studies to date did not support an association between exposure to the chemicals and breast cancer in women or hypospadia, or undescended testes in men.
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A small percentage of boys with KS / HH will be born with micropenis and / or undescended testes, both of which may be treated surgically in the first year of life.
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Other symptoms include dermatoglyphics, tooth deformities or missing teeth, abnormal kidney development, shortened limbs, mental retardation, undescended testes or cryptorchidism, and anal atresia . and there have been only four reported cases worldwide.
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Transgenic double homozygous Gli1-/-and Gli2-/-knockout mice display serious central nervous system and lung defects have small lungs, undescended testes, and a hopping gait as well as an extra postaxial nubbin on the limbs.
