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A case of supernumerary testis

Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which describes the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testes. Typically, the supernumerary testis is found incidentally during surgery for another condition but may present clinically as a painless paratesticular mass necessitating a radiolog...

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Autores principales: Pickett, Lianne, Davis, Niall, Quinlan, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20220068
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description Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which describes the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testes. Typically, the supernumerary testis is found incidentally during surgery for another condition but may present clinically as a painless paratesticular mass necessitating a radiological diagnosis. Polyorchidism carries an increased risk of testicular malignancy, with cryptorchidism the likely most important risk factor. Given, however, that the supernumerary testis likely contributes a reproductive function, surgical removal and definitive histopathological diagnosis is not always appropriate. We present a radiologically diagnosed supernumerary testis in a 40-year-old male with a history of surgically managed cryptorchidism in childhood.
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spelling pubmed-95187322022-10-07 A case of supernumerary testis Pickett, Lianne Davis, Niall Quinlan, Mark BJR Case Rep Case Report Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which describes the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testes. Typically, the supernumerary testis is found incidentally during surgery for another condition but may present clinically as a painless paratesticular mass necessitating a radiological diagnosis. Polyorchidism carries an increased risk of testicular malignancy, with cryptorchidism the likely most important risk factor. Given, however, that the supernumerary testis likely contributes a reproductive function, surgical removal and definitive histopathological diagnosis is not always appropriate. We present a radiologically diagnosed supernumerary testis in a 40-year-old male with a history of surgically managed cryptorchidism in childhood. The British Institute of Radiology. 2022-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9518732/ /pubmed/36211604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20220068 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518732/
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