PATHOMORPHOLOGY OF RETAINED CANINE TESTES

摘要

A study was undertaken to observe retained canine testes in and around Kolkata. There were 0.012% of retained testes in dogs. The dogs were sterile in nature. Grossly, retained testes were small and soft. Different structures like head, duct and tailof epidedymis were underdeveloped. Under microscope, seminiferous tubules were hypo plastic in growth with sertoli cell arrangement in a .linear manner. There was presence of interstitial cell aggregation and clumping of interstitial spaces. Spermatozoawere absent. Extensive fibrosis surrounded different seminiferous tubules. No haemorrhage was evident but congestion and thrombus were seen in blood vessels.