What is the microlithiasis of the testicles?

Testicular microlithiasis is a rare condition characterized by clusters of microscopic deposits of calcium in the testes. Scefal ultrasonic images can reveal a condition that is diagnosed in approximately 0.5 to 0.6% of men who have undergone such tests. The causes of this condition are unknown, but may include injuries or infection and the condition is associated with clinfelter syndrome, cryptorchidism, infertility, Down syndrome and alveolar microlity. It is most often diagnosed in men who complained of swelling or slip pain or who are tested for infertility. There is no known treatment.

Calcification found in this state usually spreads symmetrically in both testicles, but in 20% of cases clustering is asymmetric. Cases that occur in only one testicles have also been reported. A case involving five or more calcium clusters is called classic testicular micritiasis and a case with less than five clusters is referred to as a limitation testicular microlithiasis.

This condition is associated with testicular cancer, with research using ultrasound testes, indicating that men who have this type of micrololitiasis are three or four times more often cancer. Some research, such as examining the results of a modest sonogram, suggests that the likelihood of cancer is much higher - perhaps more than 20 times more likely. As a result, medical experts who have a condition for tumors of the testicles and annual sonogram projections and frequent self -control of the patient would be recommended.

first identified in 1970, in testicular microlitiasis was considered to be younger at the age of 10 months. There is some indication that men who develop this earlier have a higher risk of testicular cancer than those who develop later in life. The average age of the WHO men has both testes and microlithiasis is about 30 years old.