Testicular microlithiasis and undescended testis. Joery Goede

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2 Testicular microlithiasis and undescended testis Joery Goede

3 ISBN : Author : Joery Goede Lay-out : Ruth Visser, VisserVisuals, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Printing : Ridderprint, the Netherlands Cover : Ruth Visser, VisserVisuals, Amsterdam, the Netherlands The printing of this thesis was financially supported by the J.E. Juriaanse Stichting and Stichting Medische Kindercirkel Alkmaar The project was supported by a grant from the Foreest Medical School, Alkmaar, the Netherlands 2012, J. Goede, the Netherlands All rights reserved

4 Testicular microlithiasis and undescended testis Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 19 januari 2012 klokke uur door Joery Goede geboren te Amsterdam in 1979

5 Promotiecommissie Promotor: Prof. dr. H.A. Delemarre-van de Waal Prof. dr. F.J. Walther Co-promotores: Dr. W.W.M. Hack (Medisch Centrum Alkmaar) Dr. R.W. Meijer (Medisch Centrum Alkmaar) Overige leden: Prof. dr. J.H. van Bockel Dr. V.T.H.B.M. Smit Prof. dr. F.W.J. Hazebroek (Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Rotterdam) Prof. dr. J.M. Nijman (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen)

6 Contents Introduction 9 Chapter 1 Clinical aspects of testicular microlithiasis in boys: a review J Goede, WWM Hack J Pediatr Urol 2011 Aug 18 [Epub ahead of print] 13 Chapter 2 Testicular microlithiasis in asymptomatic and symptomatic boys 33 Chapter 2.1 Testicular microlithiasis in boys J Goede, WWM Hack, P Algra, FH Pierik Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd 2008; 76:34-38 (Original in Dutch) 35 Chapter 2.2 Prevalence of testicular microlithiasis in asymptomatic population males aged 0-19 years J Goede, WWM Hack, LM van der Voort-Doedens, K Sijstermans, FH Pierik J Urol 2009; 182: Chapter 2.3 Prevalence of testicular microlithiasis in boys aged 0 to 19 years referred for scrotal pathology J Goede, HA Hofman, AM Wagenvoort, FH Pierik, WWM Hack Nephro-Urol Mon, in press 59 Chapter 2.4 Testicular microlithiasis in boys and young men with congenital or acquired undescended (ascending) testis J Goede, WWM Hack, LM van der Voort-Doedens, FH Pierik, LHJ Looijenga, K Sijstermans J Urol 2010; 183: Chapter 2.5 Testicular microlithiasis and testicular volume in boys with Down syndrome J Goede, ME Weijerman, CJM Broers, JP de winter, LM van der Voort-Doedens, WWM Hack J Urol, in press 81 Chapter Testicular microlithiasis in boys with pseudoxanthoma elasticum or chromosomal abnormalities Testicular microlithiasis in a 2-year old boy with pseudoxanthoma elasticum J Goede, WWM Hack, K Sijstermans, FH Pierik J Ultrasound Med 2008; 27:

7 Chapter Testicular microlithiasis in boys with pseudoxanthoma elasticum or chromosomal abnormalities Testicular microlithiasis in 2 boys with a chromosomal abnormality J Goede, WWM Hack, K Sijstermans, FH Pierik Indian J Urol; submitted after revision 103 Chapter 3 Testicular volume in controls and in boys with retractile testis 109 Chapter 3.1 Normative values for testicular volume measured by ultrasonography in a normal population from infancy to adolescence J Goede, WWM Hack, LM van der Voort-Doedens, T van der Ploeg, K Sijstermans, HA Delemarre-van de Waal Horm Res Paediatr 2011; 76: Chapter 3.2 The volume of retractile testes in boys J Goede, LM van der Voort-Doedens, K Sijstermans, WWM Hack J Urol 2011; 186: Chapter 4 Acquired undescended testis 145 Chapter 4.1 Natural history and long-term testicular growth of acquired undescended testis after spontaneous descent or pubertal orchidopexy WWM Hack, LM van der Voort-Doedens, J Goede, JM van Dijk, RW Meijer, K Sijstermans BJU Int 2010; 106: Chapter 4.2 Acquired undescended testis: putting the pieces together WWM Hack, J Goede, LM van der Voort-Doedens, RW Meijer, K Sijstermans Int J Androl; 2011 Jun 9. doi: /j x. [Epub ahead of print] 167 Chapter 5 Correspondence: Ascent of the testis revisited: fact not fiction WWM Hack, J Goede, FH Pierik, K Sijstermans BJU Int 2008; 102: General discussion and perspectives Summary Samenvatting Curriculum Vitae Dankwoord List of publications

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