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features of the testis of Burns patients where the burns did not involve
the perineum. The present study is a case series report of the testicular
histopathological changes of adult patients that died from major burns
not involving the perineum. All adult male patients that sustained major
burns, were managed at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH)
and satisfied the inclusion criteria were recruited into the study. Testicular
specimens were obtained during the routine postmortem examinations of
patients that died from burns. Histological evaluation of the testes was
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series were present and of normal appearances. However, cells of the Spermiogenic
series were scanty and no mature spermatozoon was observed. These findings
show that major burns result in indirect derangement in the testicular
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