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Testicular pathology in fatal COVID‐19: A descriptive autopsy study

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2021

Year

Amaro Nunes Duarte‐Neto, Thiago Afonso Teixeira, Élia Garcia Caldini, Cristina Takami Kanamura, Michele Soares Gomes‐Gouvêa, A. B. G. Santos, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Thaís Mauad, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva,
Andrology

Abstract

The COVID-19-associated testicular lesion revealed a combination of orchitis, vascular changes, basal membrane thickening, Leydig and Sertoli cell scarcity, and reduced spermatogenesis associated with SARS-CoV-2 local infection that may impair hormonal function and fertility in men.

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