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Management of Incidental Finding of Triorchidism Diagnosed During Routine Hernia Repair

Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which refers to the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testicles. Triorchidism, the presence of one extra testicle is the most common type. This report describes the case of a 29-year-old male who was found to have a right supernumerary undesc...

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Autores principales: Balawender, Krzysztof, Wiatr, Tomasz, Wawrzyniak, Agata, Orkisz, Stanisław
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7943550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33708748
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S291621
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Sumario:Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which refers to the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testicles. Triorchidism, the presence of one extra testicle is the most common type. This report describes the case of a 29-year-old male who was found to have a right supernumerary undescended testis encountered incidentally during hernia repair. With this in mind, the current knowledge of management of supernumerary testis was analysed, including potential scenarios, to delineate what a urologist should do when a supernumerary testis is found during routine surgical procedures such as orchidopexy or hernia repair.