ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2025
Raised a eunuch: a case report of testicular loss without androgen replacement in a pre-pubescent boy.
Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction & Importance: Bilateral testicular torsion with testicular loss is a rare condition in prepubertal youth. This case represents one of the only documented cases of a modern, pre-pubertal youth raised as a eunuch through adolescence. Case Presentation: This is a case of a pre-pubertal boy (Z) who suffered bilateral testicular torsion and gonadal loss who was raised as a eunuch through adolescence. Clinical Discussion: Throughout his adolescence, Z demonstrated no deficits in psychosocial functioning, and displayed no intellectual or learning deficits. Compared to his peers and younger brother, Z was less interested in physical and competitive activities, preferring more supportive, pro-social behaviors, like caring for children. Conclusion: In this case, hormonal deprivation and delayed puberty did not appear to impact neurodevelopmental processes or psychosocial development. This case has potential issues for other areas of healthcare where concerns have arisen around long-term pubertal suppression.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.