Snapshots in surgery: incidentally discovered cryptorchidism

Snapshots in surgery: incidentally discovered cryptorchidism

Key Clinical Message An 18‐year‐old was presented with a large inflamed appendix (compressed by the instrument) and a spermatic cord with right undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). Patients who undergo orchiopexy after age 12 years, or no orchiopexy, are 2–6 times as likely to have testicular canc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2014-10, Vol.2 (5), p.237-237
Hauptverfasser: Nicholson, Margaret F., Sehgal, Rishabh, Cunningham, Robert, Martin, Sean, Winter, Desmond C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Appendicitis
Case reports
Clinical Images
cryptorchidism
orchidectomy
orchiopexy
Testicular cancer
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Zusammenfassung:Key Clinical Message An 18‐year‐old was presented with a large inflamed appendix (compressed by the instrument) and a spermatic cord with right undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). Patients who undergo orchiopexy after age 12 years, or no orchiopexy, are 2–6 times as likely to have testicular cancer as those who undergo prepubertal orchiopexy. An 18‐year‐old was presented with a large inflamed appendix (compressed by the instrument) and a spermatic cord with right undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). Patients who undergo orchiopexy after age 12 years, or no orchiopexy, are 2 to 6 times as likely to have testicular cancer as those who undergo prepubertal orchiopexy.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.96