Open AccessNonfunctional Supernumerary Testis in a 26-Year-Old Man with Orchalgia
Author(s) -
Christopher M. Simons,
Moshe Wald
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the scientific world journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2006.384
Subject(s) - supernumerary , asymptomatic , medicine , pathology , anatomy
Polyorchidism is a rare phenomenon, with 47 histologically confirmed cases and 77 total reported cases. In most patients, it is an incidental finding or an asymptomatic scrotal mass. More than half of histologically confirmed supernumerary testes have been reported to have the potential for sperm production. We report a case of a man with symptomatic left scrotal pain who was found to have a nonfunctional supernumerary testis in his left hemiscrotum.
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