ea0021cm3.2 | Management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia across the lifespan | SFEBES2009
Claahsen-van der Grinten Hedi
, Otten Barto
, Sweep Fred
, Hermus Ad
Infertility is a serious problem in female as well in male CAH patients. The most important cause of male infertility in CAH patients is the presence of testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART). The reported prevalence in adult CAH patients is up to 96%. TART have no malignant features but because of their typical localization near the mediastinum testis, longstanding compression of the seminiferous tubules may lead to obstructive azoospermia and irreversible damage of testicular...