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TESTICULAR AND EPIDIDYMAL INVOLVEMENT IN LEPROSY PATIENTS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GYNECOMASTIA
Author(s) -
ELSHIEMY SALEH,
ELHEFNAWI HASSAN,
ABDELFATTAH ALI,
ELOKBI MONA,
FARID ADLY
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1976.tb05097.x
Subject(s) - gynecomastia , medicine , leprosy , dermatology , physiology
Sixty‐six male patients with leprosy were studied. Only those with the lepromatous type developed testicular and epididymal changes. Nine of the 38 patients showed decreased sexual function, and 7 developed gynecomastia. These changes were believed to be due to the altered gonadal state.