TESTICULAR MICROLITHS: THEIR ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE

  • VEGNI-TALLURI, M.
  • BIGLIARDI, E.
  • VANNI, M. G.
  • TOTA, G.

  • From the Istituto di Zoologia, the Divisione Pediatrica Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche and the Clinica Chirurgica-Pediatrica, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy

Accepted for publication June 29, 1979.

Research performed under the C.N.R. paoject Biology of Reproduction.

*Requests for reprints: Istituto di Zoologia, Via Mattioli 4, 53100, Siena, Italy.

Journal of Urology 124(1):p 105-107, July 1980. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)55318-5

Light and electron microscopic studies were done on microliths in unilateral undescended testes to determine the origin and structure. The microliths seem to originate from degenerating intratubular cells and consist of a central calcified core surrounded by concentric layers of connective fibers.

Copyright © 1980 by the American Urological Association, Inc.