The majority of male newborns born with cryptorchidism usually attain testicular descent by:
A. 1 week old
B. 1 month old
C. 6 months old
D. 1 year old
ANS: B
Cryptorchidism is the condition in which one or both testes have failed to descend normally into the scrotum. Descent may have stopped at any point between the renal and scrotal areas, but most commonly, the undescended testes are found in the inguinal canal. In male infants with undescended testes, more than half will descend into the scrotum during the first month after birth.
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