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I read online that sometimes after bacterial orchitis/infection, the leydig cells can still remain intact in an atrophied testicle. why?

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

More resistant: than spermatagonial cells. Nor do they need to divide like cells which turn into sperm.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Testicle dynamic: Testicle is a dynamic tissue........every moment new cells are forming and old ones die......

Answered 4/4/2015

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