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CLINICALPATHOLOGY-35
CRYPTORCHIDISM (undescended testis) is a risk factor for male infertility. If BILATERAL CRYPTORCHIDISM is NOT corrected before puberty, what is the expected effect on SEMEN PARAMETERS?
A. Normal semen parameters despite late orchidopexy
B. Only slight reduction in sperm count without affecting motility
C. SEVERE SPERMATOGENIC FAILURE (oligozoospermia or azoospermia) due to heat damage to seminiferous tubules from abdominal temperature
D. Only morphological abnormalities without affecting count or motility
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