Electronic Resource
Springer
Pediatric surgery international
1 (1986), S. 227-228
ISSN:
1437-9813
Keywords:
Testis
;
Cryptorchism
;
Torsion
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Surgical exploration of 417 clinically impalpable cryptorchid testes revealed 84 (20%) instances of absent testes. Thirty-five (42%) of the 84 explorations showed complete absence of the testes along with the epididymis and vas, whereas 49 (58%) were associated with blind-ending cord structures: the “vanishing testis syndrome”. The presence of a vas deferens and vessels lying side by side in the inguinal canal strongly suggests that a testis existed at one time and subsequently vanished, probably as a result of antenatal vascular accident. The incidence of vanishing testes in our patients was higher than the true congenital absence of testis including vas deferns and epididymis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00177151
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