.... In another group of 60-day-old castrated rats, the three steroids have been evaluated during testosterone propionate administration. Our data show that 5 days after orchiectomy all three steroids were significantly decreased (p < 0.001) with respect to control values. 47 days after orchiectomy, T and DHT...

...Daniel Konrad; Eugen J. Schoenle In a 4 8 / 12 -year-old boy with precocious puberty and an enlarged right testis, a Leydig cell tumor was diagnosed. Surgical exploration revealed an encapsulated tumor which was selectively removed without orchiectomy. Within 1 year the signs of precocious puberty...