In 90 % of cases an undescended testis can be felt in the inguinal canal.
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Undescended testis is a result of disruption in androgen levels only during this programming window.
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When the undescended testis is in the inguinal canal, hormonal therapy is sometimes attempted and very occasionally successful.
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Cryptorchidism ( undescended testis ) or ectopic testis with inguinal hernias, have been identified in human males due to AMH and AMHR-II gene mutations.
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About 3 % of full-term and 30 % of premature infant boys are born with at least one "'undescended testis " '.
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The most common tumor developing in an undescended testis is a seminoma ( 65 % ); in contrast, after orchiopexy, seminomas represent only 30 % of testis tumors.
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The risk of malignancy in the undescended testis is 4 to 10 times higher than that in the general population and is approximately 1 in 80 with a unilateral undescended testis and 1 in 40 to 1 in 50 for bilateral undescended testes.
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The risk of malignancy in the undescended testis is 4 to 10 times higher than that in the general population and is approximately 1 in 80 with a unilateral undescended testis and 1 in 40 to 1 in 50 for bilateral undescended testes.
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The Swan study is thought by some to " suggest that male reproductive development in humans could be affected by prenatal exposure to environmentally relevant levels of phthalates . " Authors of a 2006 study of boys with undescended testis hypothesized that exposure to a combination of phthalates and anti-androgenic pesticides may have contributed to that condition.
a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" पर्याय: undescended testicle,
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