Plasma levels of testosterone, androstenedione and oestradiol were determined in the spermatic venous blood of both testes of 17 patient affected by azoospermia due to tubular damage (Group I). The results were compared with those found in 5 patients affected by azoospermia of obstructive origin and 5 patients with an inguinal hernia (Group II). Mean spermatic levels of testosterone and androstenedione were not significantly different in the two groups, while the mean (+/- SE) oestradiol spermatic level was significantly higher in patients of Group I (5.02 +/- 0.75 nM/l vs. 2.20 +/- 0.365 nM/l; P less than 0.05). Moreover, while the testosterone/androstenedione and the androstenedione/oestradiol ratios were not significantly different in the two groups, the mean (+/- SE) testosterone/oestradiol ratio was significantly lower in patients of Group I (552.71 +/- 80.94 vs. 939.86 +/- 129.45; P less than 0.025). Peripheral testosterone and androstenedione mean levels were not significantly different between the two groups while the mean peripheral oestradiol level (+/- SE) was significantly higher in Group I (0.107 +/- 0.021 nM/l vs. 0.038 +/- 0.05 nM/l; P less than 0.025). Peripheral oestradiol was not significantly related to peripheral FSH, nor to spermatic oestradiol in both groups. These results suggest the possibility that oestradiol may be involved in the pathogenesis of some cases of male infertility.

Spermatic and peripheral oestradiol levels in patients affected by azoospermia due to seminiferous tubular damage / G. Forti;G. Giusti;M. Pazzagli;G. Fiorelli;D. Borrelli;P. Cicchi;R. Guazzelli;C. Conti;G. Scarselli;M. Franchini;R. Boninsegni;M. Mannelli;M. Serio. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. - ISSN 0105-6263. - STAMPA. - 4:(1981), pp. 161-171. [10.1111/j.1365-2605.1981.tb00700.x]

Spermatic and peripheral oestradiol levels in patients affected by azoospermia due to seminiferous tubular damage.

FORTI, GIANNI;GIUSTI, GIORGIO;PAZZAGLI, MARIO;MANNELLI, MASSIMO;SERIO, MARIO
1981

Abstract

Plasma levels of testosterone, androstenedione and oestradiol were determined in the spermatic venous blood of both testes of 17 patient affected by azoospermia due to tubular damage (Group I). The results were compared with those found in 5 patients affected by azoospermia of obstructive origin and 5 patients with an inguinal hernia (Group II). Mean spermatic levels of testosterone and androstenedione were not significantly different in the two groups, while the mean (+/- SE) oestradiol spermatic level was significantly higher in patients of Group I (5.02 +/- 0.75 nM/l vs. 2.20 +/- 0.365 nM/l; P less than 0.05). Moreover, while the testosterone/androstenedione and the androstenedione/oestradiol ratios were not significantly different in the two groups, the mean (+/- SE) testosterone/oestradiol ratio was significantly lower in patients of Group I (552.71 +/- 80.94 vs. 939.86 +/- 129.45; P less than 0.025). Peripheral testosterone and androstenedione mean levels were not significantly different between the two groups while the mean peripheral oestradiol level (+/- SE) was significantly higher in Group I (0.107 +/- 0.021 nM/l vs. 0.038 +/- 0.05 nM/l; P less than 0.025). Peripheral oestradiol was not significantly related to peripheral FSH, nor to spermatic oestradiol in both groups. These results suggest the possibility that oestradiol may be involved in the pathogenesis of some cases of male infertility.
1981
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161
171
G. Forti;G. Giusti;M. Pazzagli;G. Fiorelli;D. Borrelli;P. Cicchi;R. Guazzelli;C. Conti;G. Scarselli;M. Franchini;R. Boninsegni;M. Mannelli;M. Serio
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