Table 1. Characteristics of 26 boys with anorchia.
| Patient | Testes at birth | Age at first evaluation, yr | Testostérone, ng/mL | AMH, pmol/L | Age at FSH,LH | FSH, IU/L | LH, IU/L | Age at surgery yr | Testes at surgery | Final height, cm | |||
| Basal | After hCG | Basal | Peak | Basal | Peak | ||||||||
| 1 | R palpable. L not palpable | neonate | ND | ND | 4 | 0.83 | <0.4 | 8.7 | <0.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | no tissue | |
| 2 | R+L palpable | 0.7 | <0.02 | ND | 2 | ND | 110 | ND | ND | ND | 3.5 | no tissue | |
| 3 | R palpaple. L not palpable | 1.2 | 0 | ND | undetectable | 1.2 | 81 | 155 | 4 | 125 | 1.5 | bilateral résidues | |
| 4 | R+L not palpable | 1.2 | 0 | <0.05 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 107 | 285 | 20.5 | 203 | NO | - | |
| 5 | R+L not palpable | 1.2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | bilateral résidues | |
| 6 | R+L palpable | 1.3 | 0 | ND | 2.5 | 1.1 | 68.2 | ND | 5.5 | ND | NO | - | |
| 7 | R+L palpable | 1.5 | ND | ND | undetectable | 1.5 | 102 | ND | ND | ND | 1 | no tissue | |
| 8 | ND | 2 | <0.05 | <0.05 | undetectable | 12.7 | 34 | ND | 6 | ND | 4.4 | R no tissue. L résidue | 178 |
| 9 | neonatal bilateral torsion | 3.2 | 0.2 | ND | ND | 13.2 | 87 | ND | 24 | ND | 0.5 | bilateral résidues | 184 |
| 10 | R+L palpable | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | undetectable | 7.1 | 13.3 | ND | 0.24 | ND | 4 | bilateral résidues | |
| 11 | R+L not palpable | 3.2 | 0 | 0.1 | undetectable | 3.4 | 57 | 149 | 0.72 | 22 | NO | - | |
| 12 | R+L not palpable | 3.5 | ND | <0.1 | undetectable | 3.7 | 32 | 97 | 0.11 | 15 | 3.7 | bilateral résidues | |
| 13 | ND | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | undetectable | 6 | 18 | 77 | <0.2 | 5.4 | 16 | R no tissue. L résidue | 183 |
| 14 | R+L not palpable | 4.8 | 0.36 | ND | ND | 13.2 | 6.3 | ND | 1.5 | ND | 4.8 | bilateral résidues | >170 |
| 15 | R+L palpable | 5 | <0.05 | 0.07 | ND | 12 | 9.4 | ND | 0.2 | ND | ND | bilateral résidues | 183 |
| 16 | R+L palpable | 5.1 | ND | ND | undetectable | 5.1 | 2 | ND | <0.2 | ND | ND | bilateral résidues | |
| 17 | ND | 6.2 | 0.05 | 0.03 | undetectable | 6.2 | 0.6 | 10.9 | <0.5 | 2.9 | 6 | no tissue | |
| 18 | R palpaple. L not palpable | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ND | 11.8 | 106 | ND | 18 | ND | 8.6 | R residue. L no tissue | |
| 19 | R palpaple. L not palpable | 8 | <0.05 | 0.1 | ND | 12.8 | 115 | ND | 32 | ND | 15.2 | bilateral résidues | 174 |
| 20 | ND | 8.2 | ND | ND | undetectable | 8.2 | 2.8 | ND | ND | ND | 7.7 | no tissue | |
| 21 | R+L not palpable | 8.7 | <0.07 | 0.2 | ND | 12.5 | 61 | ND | 15 | ND | 8.6 | R residue. L no tissue | 175.6 |
| 22 | ND | 12.7 | 0.2 | ND | ND | 12.3 | 23 | ND | 12 | ND | 10.4 | bilateral résidues | 179 |
| 23 | R+L palpable | 12.8 | 0 | ND | undetectable | 12.8 | 120 | ND | 22 | ND | 8 | R residue. L no tissu | 167 |
| 24 | R+L not palpable | 13 | <0.05 | 0.05 | ND | 13 | 49 | ND | 12 | ND | 7.7 | no tissue | 182 |
| 25 | R+L palpable | 13.6 | 0.09 | ND | ND | 13.6 | 122 | ND | 25 | ND | 15.2 | R residue+L torsion | >180 |
| 26 | R+L palpable | 15.2 | ND | ND | ND | 15.8 | 64 | ND | 18 | ND | 9 | bilateral résidues | 172 |
ND, not determined; R, right; L, left; Inhibin B undetectable in cases 1, 2, 6, 7, 20 and 23.
The normal range values for FSH are 2–9 IU/L and for LH 1–5 IU/L.