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A Rare Case of Polyorchidism in a Cat with Four Intra‐abdominal Testes
Author(s) -
RocaFerrer J,
Rodríguez E,
Ramírez GA,
Moragas C,
Sala M
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1111/rda.12461
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , abdominal ultrasonography , supernumerary , differential diagnosis , radiology , anatomy , pathology
Contents Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly defined as the presence of more than two histologically proven testes. We report a case of a 9‐month‐old European cat with four intra‐abdominal testes. The diagnosis was performed by means of ultrasonography, intra‐operative examination and histological confirmation. The case reported here presents an extremely rare anomaly, as no previous studies in veterinary medicine have reported the presence of four testes. This case suggests that supernumerary testes should be included as differential diagnoses for intra‐abdominal masses.

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