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Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is fusion between the spleen and gonad, epididymis or vas. We treated a patient with scrotal mass. A discontinuous fusion between the spleen and epididymis was found: after frozen section mass was excised sparing testis. Although rare,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26952691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.01.003 |
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author | Chiaramonte, Cinzia Siracusa, Fortunato Li Voti, Giuseppe |
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description | Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is fusion between the spleen and gonad, epididymis or vas. We treated a patient with scrotal mass. A discontinuous fusion between the spleen and epididymis was found: after frozen section mass was excised sparing testis. Although rare, the splenogonadal fusion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal masses in children, and orchiectomy should be avoided. Moreover, examination of siblings showed a brother affected from accessory spleen. This finding, not reported previously to our knowledge, suggests a possible familiarity of this disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-47330142016-03-07 Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature Chiaramonte, Cinzia Siracusa, Fortunato Li Voti, Giuseppe Urol Case Rep General Urology Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is fusion between the spleen and gonad, epididymis or vas. We treated a patient with scrotal mass. A discontinuous fusion between the spleen and epididymis was found: after frozen section mass was excised sparing testis. Although rare, the splenogonadal fusion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal masses in children, and orchiectomy should be avoided. Moreover, examination of siblings showed a brother affected from accessory spleen. This finding, not reported previously to our knowledge, suggests a possible familiarity of this disorder. Elsevier 2014-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4733014/ /pubmed/26952691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.01.003 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | General Urology Chiaramonte, Cinzia Siracusa, Fortunato Li Voti, Giuseppe Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title_full | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title_short | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Genetic Disorder?—Report of a Case and Review of the Literature |
title_sort | splenogonadal fusion: a genetic disorder?—report of a case and review of the literature |
topic | General Urology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26952691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.01.003 |
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