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Testicular-Epididymal Dissociation: Vas and Vessels May "Lead up the Garden Path".


ABSTRACT: The vas deferens and spermatic vessels entering the inguinal canal through the internal inguinal ring is thought to exclude an intra-abdominal testis. We present a case of high bilateral intra-abdominal testes on a 46,XY boy despite the vas deferens and good-sized vessels passing through the deep rings. Data were collected from clinical records, radiology (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), and endocrine blood tests. This case underlines the importance of following the pathway of embryological descent of the testis cranially as well as caudally during diagnostic laparoscopy, to avoid missing this rare anatomical variant.

SUBMITTER: Papageorgiou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6923713 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Testicular-Epididymal Dissociation: Vas and Vessels May "Lead up the Garden Path".

Papageorgiou Eleni E   Mantovani Alberto A   Monti Elena E   Brain Caroline C   Smeulders Naima N   Cherian Abraham A  

European journal of pediatric surgery reports 20190101 1


The vas deferens and spermatic vessels entering the inguinal canal through the internal inguinal ring is thought to exclude an intra-abdominal testis. We present a case of high bilateral intra-abdominal testes on a 46,XY boy despite the vas deferens and good-sized vessels passing through the deep rings. Data were collected from clinical records, radiology (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), and endocrine blood tests. This case underlines the importance of following the pathway of emb  ...[more]

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