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Crossed testicular ectopia, a rare congenital anomaly of the male genitalia, a case report
Author(s) -
Metin Tahaoglu,
Hayrettin Öztürk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric urology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-2969
DOI - 10.14534/pucr.201468060
Subject(s) - medicine , ambiguous genitalia , anomaly (physics) , anatomy , disorders of sex development , physics , condensed matter physics
Crossed testicular ectopia (CTE) is a rare congenital anomaly of testicular descent in which migration of one testis towards the opposite inguinal canal. The ordinary presentation is that of ipsilateral inguinal hernia and contralateral cryptorchidism. Here, a 2-year-old boy presented in surgical outpatient department with right inguinal hernia and impalpable testis in left scrotum and inguinal canal. Right herniotomy was performed. Left testis was brought to the left scrotum through transceptal window.

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