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La cryptorchidie chez l’enfant sénégalais en âge scolaire

Cryptorchidism in senegalese schoolboys

Andrologie volume 6, pages 287–291 (1996)Cite this article

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Le but de cette enquête épidémiologique prospective a été de déterminer la prévalence et de préciser les particularités de la cryptorchidie chez le garçon sénégalais en âge scolaire.

Sur 2830 garçons examinés, nous avons découvert 40 cas de testicule non descendu dont 19 à gauche, 17 à droite et 4 bilatéraux. La prévalence est de 1,41%. Par ailleurs, nous avons trouvé une corrélation entre la présence d’un testicule non descendu à l’âge scolaire et la catégorie socioprofessionnelle des parents. En effet, elle varie de 0,25% chez les enfants issus de milieu socialement favorisés à 2,5% chez les enfants défavorisés en particulier ceux d’ouvriers. Nous pouvons conclure que la prévalence de la cryptorchidie à l’âge scolaire est plus élevée dans notre étude que celles rapportées dans la littérature ’10, 28]. Le défaut d’information des parents issus de milieu socio-économique défavorisé, et la difficulté d’accès aux structures médicalisées semblent être les principaux facteurs de retard de dépistage et partant de traitement des testicules non descendus.

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The aim of this prospective study was to determine the incidence and the particularities of cryptorchidism in senegalese schoolboys. In a serie of 2830 boys, 40 of them had a cryptorchid testes. The incidence was 1.41%. This rate is higher than those previously reported in the litterature.

Correlating the incidence to the economic level of the boys, it appears that the incidence was very low in rich group (0.25%). In the opposite it was high in poor groups (2.5%).

We conclude that the high incidence rate of cryptorchidism in boys is due to the lack of information of parents issued from poor social groups.

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    S. M. Gueye, M. Ba, A. Ndoye, C. Sylla, P. A. Fall & A. Mensah

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Gueye, S.M., Ba, M., Ndoye, A. et al. La cryptorchidie chez l’enfant sénégalais en âge scolaire. Androl. 6, 287–291 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035283

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Mots clés

  • Cryptorchidie
  • Testicule non descendu
  • Infertilité

Key words

  • Cryptorchidism
  • Maldescended testes
  • Infertility

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