Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Bilateral cryptorchidism
HP:0008689
What it means
Absence of both testes from the scrotum owing to failure of the testis or testes to descend through the inguinal canal to the scrotum.
Rare diseases that can present with this20
Common30–79%
11- 3MC syndrome
- 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency
- Global developmental delay-alopecia-macrocephaly-facial dysmorphism-structural brain anomalies syndrome
- Intellectual disability-cataracts-calcified pinnae-myopathy syndrome
- Intellectual disability-hypotonia-brachycephaly-pyloric stenosis-cryptorchidism syndrome
- Kallmann syndrome-heart disease syndrome
- Monosomy 18q syndrome
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type 14
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type 6
- Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome
Sometimes5–29%
7The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Cryptorchidism, bilateral
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