Ultrastructural identification of Sertoli cells in the semen of subfertile men. About four cases.

J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol

Center for the Study and the Preservation of Human Sperm Midi-Pyrénées, La Grave Hospital, Toulouse, France.

Published: April 1997

In this work Sertoli cells were identified in the semen of subfertile men using transmission electron microscopy. This observation is rare and has only been reported before once. These results would favour of seminiferous epithelium alterations and could be correlated with the presence of immature seminal line elements or non sperm cells in prospective studies.

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