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UrologicalMild
Undescended Testis
Pediatric Surgery · Urological
Mild
Severity
Common — affects approximately 1-4% of full-term male infants and a higher proportion of premature male infants
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatric Surgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from incomplete descent of the testicle from its origin near the kidney down through the abdomen and into the scrotum during fetal development
- 2a process normally completed by birth or shortly after. Risk factors include premature birth
- 3low birth weight
- 4a family history of undescended testis
- 5and maternal exposure to certain hormones or environmental factors during pregnancy. The exact combination of hormonal and mechanical factors that leads to incomplete descent is not always identifiable in an individual case.
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