PEDIATRIC HEALTH Facts about UNDESCENDED TESTICLE UNDESCENDED TESTICLE IS ALSO CALLED CRYPTORCHIDISM CRYPTORCHIDISM IS A IT IS FOUND IN ABOUT PAINLESS 3–4% OF NEWBORN BOYS CONDITION AND UP TO 21% OF PREEMIE BOYS CRYPTORCHIDISM IS CONGENITAL (MEANING IT IS PRESENT AT BIRTH) % OF CASES 10 INVOLVE BOTH TESTES National Headquarters: 1000 Corporate Boulevard, Linthicum, MD 21090 Phone: 410-689-3990 • Fax: 410-689-3878 • 1-800-828-7866 • [email protected] • www.UrologyHealth.org Facts about Undescended Testicle ABOUT IN MOST CHILDREN WITH THIS HEALTH ISSUE, IT’S NOT KNOWN WHY THE HALF TESTICLES FAIL TO DROP OF UNDESCENDED ? TESTICLES DROP ON THEIR NOT SEEING OR FEELING A TESTICLE WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT OWN DURING THE IT TO BE IN THE SCROTUM IS THE FIRST THREE OF AN MAIN SIGN OF LIFE UNDESCENDED TESTICLE MONTHS AN UNDESCENDED MYTH: TESTICLE IS ALWAYS OBVIOUS IN BABIES OF MALES WITH % AN UNDESCENDED ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF CAS- 14 TESTICLE ALSO FACT: ES ARE FOUND ONCE A BOY IS HAD A MALE NO LONGER A BABY. ALL BOYS SHOULD HAVE THE RELATIVE WITH LOCATION OF THEIR TESTICLES CHECKED DURING THE CONDITION EACH ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM. IN MOST CASES, BOYS WITH ALL BOYS — even those whose testicles have properly descended — should learn ONE UNDESCENDED how to do a testicular self-exam when they are TESTICLE ARE STILL ABLE TO teenagers to detect any lumps or bumps that HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN might be early signs of medical problems LATER IN LIFE For more information about cryptorchidism, visit the Urology Care Foundation’s Foundation Care © 2015 Urology website: UrologyHealth.org/UndTestes National Headquarters: 1000 Corporate Boulevard, Linthicum, MD 21090 Phone: 410-689-3990 • Fax: 410-689-3878 • 1-800-828-7866 • [email protected] • www.UrologyHealth.org.