Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance

Ectopic adrenal tissue may be present along the path of the testis and discovered during groin surgery. The condition has been mainly reported in the pediatric population and very rarely in adults. Here, we report on the case of an adult male with undescended testis who received orchidectomy, and ec...

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Autores principales: Rabie, M. Ezzedien, Shah, Mian Tahir, Jamil, Salim, Al-Shraim, Mubarak M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24311918
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120307
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description Ectopic adrenal tissue may be present along the path of the testis and discovered during groin surgery. The condition has been mainly reported in the pediatric population and very rarely in adults. Here, we report on the case of an adult male with undescended testis who received orchidectomy, and ectopic adrenal tissue was discovered in the removed specimen. The clinical significance of such a condition is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-38359962013-12-05 Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance Rabie, M. Ezzedien Shah, Mian Tahir Jamil, Salim Al-Shraim, Mubarak M. Urol Ann Case Report Ectopic adrenal tissue may be present along the path of the testis and discovered during groin surgery. The condition has been mainly reported in the pediatric population and very rarely in adults. Here, we report on the case of an adult male with undescended testis who received orchidectomy, and ectopic adrenal tissue was discovered in the removed specimen. The clinical significance of such a condition is discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3835996/ /pubmed/24311918 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120307 Text en Copyright: © Urology Annals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rabie, M. Ezzedien
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Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title_full Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title_fullStr Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title_full_unstemmed Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title_short Adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: Clinical significance
title_sort adrenal rests associated with ectopic testis in an adult: clinical significance
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24311918
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.120307
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