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Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias
Polyorchidism is defined as the presence of more than two testes. Triorchidism is the most frequent presentation. This anomaly is extremely rare, and approximately a hundred cases were described in the literature. We report a case of triorchidism presenting with inguinal hernia and penoscrotal hypos...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/917050 |
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author | Tatlı, Duygu Numanoglu, Kemal Varım |
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description | Polyorchidism is defined as the presence of more than two testes. Triorchidism is the most frequent presentation. This anomaly is extremely rare, and approximately a hundred cases were described in the literature. We report a case of triorchidism presenting with inguinal hernia and penoscrotal hypospadias in a three-year-old male and briefly discuss current management of polyorchidism. Management remains controversial especially if there is no associated abnormality identified. The absence of any concomitant disorder and if testicular tumour can be ruled out by sonography or magnetic resonance imaging, surgical exploration with biopsy could be unnecessary. On the contrary, surgical exploration has the advantage of allowing for fixation of the testes to prevent torsion and determination of testicular outflow tracts and estimating reproductive capacity. |
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spelling | pubmed-37496092013-09-01 Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias Tatlı, Duygu Numanoglu, Kemal Varım Case Rep Urol Case Report Polyorchidism is defined as the presence of more than two testes. Triorchidism is the most frequent presentation. This anomaly is extremely rare, and approximately a hundred cases were described in the literature. We report a case of triorchidism presenting with inguinal hernia and penoscrotal hypospadias in a three-year-old male and briefly discuss current management of polyorchidism. Management remains controversial especially if there is no associated abnormality identified. The absence of any concomitant disorder and if testicular tumour can be ruled out by sonography or magnetic resonance imaging, surgical exploration with biopsy could be unnecessary. On the contrary, surgical exploration has the advantage of allowing for fixation of the testes to prevent torsion and determination of testicular outflow tracts and estimating reproductive capacity. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3749609/ /pubmed/23997977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/917050 Text en Copyright © 2013 D. Tatlı and K. V. Numanoglu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tatlı, Duygu Numanoglu, Kemal Varım Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title | Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title_full | Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title_fullStr | Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title_full_unstemmed | Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title_short | Polyorchidism Presenting with Inguinal Hernia and Hypospadias |
title_sort | polyorchidism presenting with inguinal hernia and hypospadias |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/917050 |
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