Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome
This syndrome is seen in conditions where the testicular tissue has been destroyed by disease with the result, seminiferous tubules do not have any germ cell production. This condition is also known as maturation arrest; when a testicular biopsy is done in this condition most of the tubules show only Sertoli cells and it is assumed that this kind of patients cannot be taken up for ICSI through TESE. But it has been found that the testicular atrophy is not total. In about 50 percent of cases, a careful search through the testis can show at least a few tubules showing spermatogenesis
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