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Abnormal sperm morphology

MedGen UID:
588677
Concept ID:
C0403824
Disease or Syndrome; Finding
Synonym: Teratozoospermia
SNOMED CT: Teratozoospermia (236817003)
 
HPO: HP:0012864

Definition

A structural anomaly of sperm. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 32
MedGen UID:
373370
Concept ID:
C1837608
Disease or Syndrome
DFNB32 is characterized by prelingual progressive moderate to profound sensorineural deafness. Some affected men are infertile, and semen analysis has shown high percentages of immotile sperm with abnormal morphology (Imtiaz et al., 2018).
Spermatogenic failure 10
MedGen UID:
766707
Concept ID:
C3553793
Disease or Syndrome
Spermatogenic failure-10 (SPGF10) is associated with a defective annulus, a ring structure that demarcates the midpiece and the principal piece of the sperm tail. The firm attachment of the annulus to the flagellar membrane suggests that it may supply mechanical support and prevent displacement of the caudal mitochondrial helix (summary by Kuo et al., 2012). For a discussion of phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of spermatogenic failure, see SPGF1 (258150).
Spermatogenic failure 11
MedGen UID:
767367
Concept ID:
C3554453
Disease or Syndrome
Any azoospermia in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the KLHL10 gene.
Spermatogenic failure 36
MedGen UID:
1678385
Concept ID:
C5193086
Disease or Syndrome
Spermatogenic failure-36 (SPGF36) is characterized by reduced fertility due to teratozoospermia, with spermatozoa showing anomalies of the head, acrosome, and nucleus (Guran et al., 2019). For a general description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of spermatogenic failure, see SPGF1 (258150).

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