Open AccessSnapshots in surgery: incidentally discovered cryptorchidism
Author(s) -
Nicholson Margaret F.,
Sehgal Rishabh,
Cunningham Robert,
Martin Sean,
Winter Desmond C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.96
Subject(s) - orchiopexy , medicine , spermatic cord , testicular cancer , testicle , surgery , general surgery , anatomy , chemotherapy
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.