Volume 53, Issue 2 e13857
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Is primary adult hypospadiatic prepuce different from healthy prepuce in terms of microvascular density and androgen-estrogen-progesterone receptors?

Cumhur Yeşildal

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Cumhur Yeşildal

Department of Urology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Cumhur Yesildal, University of Health and Science Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Selimiye, Tıbbiye Cd, 34668 Üsküdar/İstanbul, Turkey.

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Ömer Yilmaz

Ömer Yilmaz

Department of Urology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Serkan Akan

Serkan Akan

Department of Urology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Zafer Küçükodaci

Zafer Küçükodaci

Department of Pathology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Serkan Yenigürbüz

Serkan Yenigürbüz

Department of Urology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Caner Ediz

Caner Ediz

Department of Urology, Sultan Abdulhamit Han Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, İstanbul, Turkey

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First published: 28 December 2020
Citations: 4

Abstract

This study aims to determine the histological data such as microvessel density, nerve density, and the androgen, oestrogen and progesterone receptor density in the prepuce of primary distal hypospadias cases in adulthood, compared to that of healthy individuals in the same age group. Between 2014 and 2019, we prospectively evaluated adult hypospadias and adult circumcision patients. A total of 28 patients were included: Group 1 (18 patients) primary distal hypospadias and Group 2 (10 patients—control group) healthy individuals who had a previous circumcision request for social/religious reasons. The prepuce of healthy individuals that were excised after the circumcision and the excised parts excluded from the prepuce that was used in reconstruction during the repair of hypospadias, were shaped and stored to be able to perform a study by the pathology clinic. Histopathological findings on adult distal hypospadias cases showed that the microvascular density and inflammation in the prepuce with hypospadias were found to be increased compared to the healthy prepuce and the density of androgen and oestrogen receptors was similar in both groups. Unlike childhood studies, in this study with adults, the progesterone receptor was detected in both groups and found to be significantly lower in the hypospadias group.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

All authors declare that he/she has no conflict of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data supporting that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author [initials] on request.

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