Cryptorchidism and abdominal pain.
In this case report, abdominal symptoms simulating acute appendicitis were due to recurrent torsion of an intra-abdominal testicle. Cryptorchidism frequently goes unnoted. Most undescended testicles are in the groin and easily palpable. If not, they can be absent, retroperitoneal or intra-abdominal. An intra-abdominal testicle is more likely to occur on the right than the left.
D000005:Abdomen; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence