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Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum

Empty scrotum is a relatively rare entity, with few cases reported in the literature, so far; if it coexists with bilateral ectopic femoral testes, it then constitutes an extremely rare congenital abnormality. We report a case of empty scrotum revealed at the first physical examination of a neonate....

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Autores principales: Iliodromiti, Zoi, Karapati, Eleni, Sokou, Rozetta, Boutsikou, Theodora, Iacovidou, Nikoletta, Salakos, Christos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101348
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author Iliodromiti, Zoi
Karapati, Eleni
Sokou, Rozetta
Boutsikou, Theodora
Iacovidou, Nikoletta
Salakos, Christos
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description Empty scrotum is a relatively rare entity, with few cases reported in the literature, so far; if it coexists with bilateral ectopic femoral testes, it then constitutes an extremely rare congenital abnormality. We report a case of empty scrotum revealed at the first physical examination of a neonate. The scrotum appeared empty and no testes could be palpated in the scrotum or the inguinal canal. Two solitary, oval masses were palpable laterally of each hemiscrotum, close to femoral canal and the diagnosis of bilateral femoral ectopic testes was confirmed by the consultant pediatric surgeon.
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spelling pubmed-75739392020-10-23 Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum Iliodromiti, Zoi Karapati, Eleni Sokou, Rozetta Boutsikou, Theodora Iacovidou, Nikoletta Salakos, Christos Urol Case Rep Pediatrics Empty scrotum is a relatively rare entity, with few cases reported in the literature, so far; if it coexists with bilateral ectopic femoral testes, it then constitutes an extremely rare congenital abnormality. We report a case of empty scrotum revealed at the first physical examination of a neonate. The scrotum appeared empty and no testes could be palpated in the scrotum or the inguinal canal. Two solitary, oval masses were palpable laterally of each hemiscrotum, close to femoral canal and the diagnosis of bilateral femoral ectopic testes was confirmed by the consultant pediatric surgeon. Elsevier 2020-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7573939/ /pubmed/33102049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101348 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Iliodromiti, Zoi
Karapati, Eleni
Sokou, Rozetta
Boutsikou, Theodora
Iacovidou, Nikoletta
Salakos, Christos
Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title_full Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title_fullStr Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title_short Bilateral ectopic femoral testes: A rare cause of empty scrotum
title_sort bilateral ectopic femoral testes: a rare cause of empty scrotum
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101348
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