Hitler's Single Testicle

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#1

re: https://www.straightdope.com/21342044/did-hitler-have-only-one-testicle

Having myself been born with only a single testicle, I have often wondered how common this is…?
As a child my father took me to a doctor who told both of us that “approximately 5%” of boys are born this way.
(In my case, the doctor thought it might be simply an “undescended testicle” rather than a single testicle, which, he said, is far more common.)

Any other males out there care to admit to this or am I truly a rarity…?

#2

I can’t give any direct help, but the place to start investigation is with the word monorchism.

#3

One testicle not descending into the scrotum during normal embryonic or fetal development (3–4% of ‘normal’ live births), also known as undescended testis or cryptorchidism.

#4

Himmler had something sim’lar.

#5

Did your doctor then do an operation to bring your undescended testicle down into the scrotum? Why didn’t he? At what age did you first go to a doctor to talk about the fact that one of your testicles hadn’t descended.

#6

Yes, the doctor (or associates) did an operation to determine if I had only one testicle or if the other was simply undescended.

When I was 4 (yes, four) years old, they first examined me. Finding nothing then, 10 years later (when I was 14), I had exploratory surgery to finalize that determination. They still found nothing. Now, decades later, I still have a scar where they operated and only a single testicle.

To put it as simply as I can, how common is this condition (or maybe “rare” is a more appropriate term)? Obviously it won’t change anything but I am just curious.

#7

We have not interacted but your name popped into my mind a couple days ago, and I realized I had not seen you post in a long time.

Welcome back, hope you plan to stick around.

#8

I thought Germany abolished the monorchy after WWI.

#9

I only ever interacted with “Comments on Cecil’s Columns/Staff Reports”, which is circling the drain for lack of material.