Undescended Testis (Maldescensus Testis): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate undescended testis:

Pathognomonic (evidencing a disease).

  • On palpation, an empty testicular compartment is found (occurrence: right > left; bilateral in 20% of cases)).

Note!It should be noted whether there are other morphologic abnormalities associated with undescended testis. These include, in addition to general signs of dysmorphia specifically other serious abnormalities of genital development, malformations of the internal organs (heart, abdomen, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys), cerebral malformations, disorders of skeletal development, etc.. In case of other abnormalities, human genetic diagnosis is required.