TABLE 3. Hormone levels in oligo-azoospermia.

Testosterone

LH

FSH

Etiology

¯

Primary testicular disorder (hypergonadotropic hypogonadism) 

¯

¯

¯

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (secondary to pituitary or hypothalamic disorder)

N

N

Seminiferous tubular failure / Sertoli-cell-only syndrome / Status after hemicastration

N

Androgen resistance syndrome / Hyperthyroidism

N

N

N

Disorders of sperm transport (ductal or epididymal obstruction) / Spermatogenic arrest


 
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