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The mechanism by which a varicocele affects testicular function is controversial. Three principal arguments have been proposed: (1) disturbance of thermoregulation, (2) hypoxia of germinal tissue, and (3) reflux of toxic substances (see [10] for review). Light microscope studies have shown the extreme variability of spermatogenetic changes and have pointed out the bilaterality of the lesions despite frequent left unilateral localization of the varicocele [1, 11]. There have been scattered reports of lesions in the peritubular sheath, the Leydig cells, and the blood vessels.
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Terquem, A., Dadoune, J.P. (1984). Ultrastructural Study of Human Testicular Biopsies in Varicocele. In: Glezerman, M., Jecht, E.W. (eds) Varicocele and Male Infertility II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69435-6_5
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