PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM

Undescended testis is a very common presentation in male paediatric population but testis at ectopic sites is a very rare pathology. One of the ectopic sites is perineum and it accounts for only 1% of all cases of undescended testis. We report a case of an 11yr old boy who presented with an empty le...

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Autores principales:	Safdar Hussain Awan, Naveed Ahmed, C. Aqeel Safdar, Iftikhar Ahmed, Hashim Zaidi
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	ectopic testis perineum spermatic cord Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:203f32dba50a48cfba5aa9f36fce5c5f2021-11-05T03:20:43ZPERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/203f32dba50a48cfba5aa9f36fce5c5f2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5885/3089https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Undescended testis is a very common presentation in male paediatric population but testis at ectopic sites is a very rare pathology. One of the ectopic sites is perineum and it accounts for only 1% of all cases of undescended testis. We report a case of an 11yr old boy who presented with an empty left hemiscrotum and detailed examination revealed a soft tissue mass on the corresponding side in the perineum. Surgical exploration was carried out during which it was revealed that mass was actually testis at ectopic site with adequate length of the spermatic cord. Testis was mobilized and fixed in the ipsilateral hemiscrotum.Safdar Hussain AwanNaveed AhmedC. Aqeel SafdarIftikhar AhmedHashim ZaidiArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleectopic testisperineumspermatic cordMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 6, Pp 1944-1946 (2020)
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spellingShingle	ectopic testis perineum spermatic cord Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Safdar Hussain Awan Naveed Ahmed C. Aqeel Safdar Iftikhar Ahmed Hashim Zaidi PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
description	Undescended testis is a very common presentation in male paediatric population but testis at ectopic sites is a very rare pathology. One of the ectopic sites is perineum and it accounts for only 1% of all cases of undescended testis. We report a case of an 11yr old boy who presented with an empty left hemiscrotum and detailed examination revealed a soft tissue mass on the corresponding side in the perineum. Surgical exploration was carried out during which it was revealed that mass was actually testis at ectopic site with adequate length of the spermatic cord. Testis was mobilized and fixed in the ipsilateral hemiscrotum.
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author	Safdar Hussain Awan Naveed Ahmed C. Aqeel Safdar Iftikhar Ahmed Hashim Zaidi
author_facet	Safdar Hussain Awan Naveed Ahmed C. Aqeel Safdar Iftikhar Ahmed Hashim Zaidi
author_sort	Safdar Hussain Awan
title	PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
title_short	PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
title_full	PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
title_fullStr	PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
title_full_unstemmed	PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM
title_sort	perineal ectopic testis - a rare anomaly with empty scrotum
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/203f32dba50a48cfba5aa9f36fce5c5f
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PERINEAL ECTOPIC TESTIS - A RARE ANOMALY WITH EMPTY SCROTUM

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