Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy

Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found...

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Autores principales: Hartman, Natalie C., Trabzonlu, Levent, Barkan, Güliz A., Quek, Marcus L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35462680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2791305
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author Hartman, Natalie C.
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description Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found to have discontinuous splenogonadal fusion after radical orchiectomy.
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spelling pubmed-90333412022-04-23 Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy Hartman, Natalie C. Trabzonlu, Levent Barkan, Güliz A. Quek, Marcus L. Case Rep Surg Case Report Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found to have discontinuous splenogonadal fusion after radical orchiectomy. Hindawi 2022-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9033341/ /pubmed/35462680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2791305 Text en Copyright © 2022 Natalie C. Hartman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy
title_sort splenogonadal fusion: a rare mimicker of malignancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35462680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2791305
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