Radiation effect

Testis and epididymis
Nonneoplastic testicular lesions
Radiation effect

Author: Sean Williamson, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 7 April 2017, last major update December 2012

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Definition / general

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Definition / general

Germ cells have variable sensitivity to radiation - type B spermatogonia are most sensitive, spermatids are least sensitive
Therapeutic radiation may cause only temporary infertility with recovery in 30 - 80 weeks, delayed if combined with chemotherapy
Radiation for intratubular germ cell neoplasia causes germ cell aplasia
Radiation exposure at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 caused increased tubular sclerosis, vascular hyalinization