Management of a bilobed testicle in a 12-year-old boy

A bilobed testicle is an extremely rare congenital malformation, with only five cases published to date. We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with a bilobed testicle. With so few cases available, much of what is known about the management of this condition is based on cases of polyorchidism and...

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Autor principal: Halliday, Laura J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24968442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt112
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description A bilobed testicle is an extremely rare congenital malformation, with only five cases published to date. We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with a bilobed testicle. With so few cases available, much of what is known about the management of this condition is based on cases of polyorchidism and the complications associated with this, including malignancy and torsion. Whilst surgery may play a role in some patients, uncomplicated cases can be managed conservatively. There is no long-term data on the outcome of conservative management but we propose this patient can be discharged if no further changes are identified after 18 months.
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spelling pubmed-38879992014-01-10 Management of a bilobed testicle in a 12-year-old boy Halliday, Laura J. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports A bilobed testicle is an extremely rare congenital malformation, with only five cases published to date. We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with a bilobed testicle. With so few cases available, much of what is known about the management of this condition is based on cases of polyorchidism and the complications associated with this, including malignancy and torsion. Whilst surgery may play a role in some patients, uncomplicated cases can be managed conservatively. There is no long-term data on the outcome of conservative management but we propose this patient can be discharged if no further changes are identified after 18 months. Oxford University Press 2013-12 2013-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3887999/ /pubmed/24968442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt112 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887999/
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