Elastographic evaluation of the effect of sickle cell anemia on testicles: a prospective study

Elastographic evaluation of the effect of sickle cell anemia on testicles: a prospective study

To quantitatively determine testicular tissue stiffness values using shear wave elastography (SWE) in males that have sickle cell anemia (SCA) and to evaluate the relationship between elastography results and semen analysis parameters and hormone levels. Fifty patients diagnosed with SCA and followe...

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Published in:Andrologia Vol. 54; no. 8; pp. e14481 - n/a
Main Authors: Koras, Omer, Gorur, Sadık, Bayramogulları, Hanifi, Ilhan, Gul, Gokalp, Fatih, Kacmaz, Murat, Ilgezdi, Alican, Yıldırak, Ekrem, Sigva, Hakan, Tamkac, Nezih, Porgalı, Sefa Burak
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-09-2022
Subjects:
Anemia
Hematology
Hydroxyurea
male infertility
Outpatient care facilities
Patients
shear wave elastography
Sickle cell anemia
Sickle cell disease
Sperm
Testes
testis
ultrasonography
testis
ultrasonography
male infertility
shear wave elastography
sickle cell anemia
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Summary:To quantitatively determine testicular tissue stiffness values using shear wave elastography (SWE) in males that have sickle cell anemia (SCA) and to evaluate the relationship between elastography results and semen analysis parameters and hormone levels. Fifty patients diagnosed with SCA and followed up in the hematology outpatient clinic were evaluated in the urology outpatient clinic as the study group. In addition, there were 88 patients without any SCA‐related complaints in the control group. We compared these groups with respect to their values, spermiogram parameters, testicular volume, and SWE values. Among patients in the SCA group, 28% had impaired sperm parameters. When testicular elastography was assessed, the testicular volumes were materially lower in the SCA group in comparison to the control group [right testicular volume: 14.76 (12.77–18.12) and 19.68 (15.12–24.18), respectively, p < 0.001; left testicular volume: 14.11 (11.06–17.32) and 16.59 (13.38–20.13), respectively, p = 0.015]. Additionally, the left testis central stiffness and the left testis inferior stiffness were significantly higher in the SCA group (p < 0.001 and p = 0.014, respectively). The age and hydroxyurea use had a worse effect on sperm parameters in patients with SCA (odds ratio: −0.161 and −1.914, standard deviation: 0.071 and 0.921, and p = 0.024 and p = 0.038, respectively). We consider that the technique utilized in this study for SWE values is fast and can be adopted as a reliable diagnostic tool and follow‐up practice in routine clinical practice to evaluate the acuteness of damage to the testicles in patients having SCA.
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ISSN:0303-4569
1439-0272
DOI:10.1111/and.14481