Cytogenetic assessment of Iranian infertile men with undescended testis: A retrospective study

OBJECTIVE: Undescended testis (UDT) is a urogenital disease that affects fertility. This study looked into the cytogenetic abnormalities of Iranian infertile patients with UDT. METHODS: Our study included 522 infertile patients with UDT (case group) and two control groups, one with 300 infertile men without UDT and another with 268 fertile men. RESULTS: Chromosomal abnormalities were found in 45 patients with UDT (8.62%). Seven of the alterations were considered as normal features. Klinefelter syndrome and mosaicism were the most common anomalies. Chromosomal abnormalities were found in 31 infertile men in the control group (10.33%), 13 of which deemed normal and 18 (6%) anomalous. Nine chromosomal abnormalities were found in the second control group with fertile men (3.35%), six deemed normal and three (1.11%) anomalous. CONCLUSION: Despite the high rate of abnormalities in infertile controls (6%) and the higher rate seen in infertile individuals with UDT indicate a significant prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in the Iranian population, particularly when the literature suggests that the normal rate of abnormal karyotypes should be within the 0.7-1% range in the general population. The incidence of abnormal karyotypes increased when infertile patients had additional conditions such as UDT.