title: [Intra-scrotal supernumerary spleen. A long silent case of discontinuous spleno-gonadal fusion].
abstract: The presence of a supernumerary spleen in the scrotum, situated around or near a more or less atrophic testicle, or replacing a missing testicle in cryptorchidism, represents the most common result of a rare congenital anomaly called splenogonadal fusion. A new case discovered in a 81-year-old patient is reported. The different clinical expressions, the different anatomic varieties and the macroscopic and histologic pattern are described and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service Central Jacques Delarue d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diebold
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Le Blaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Tourneau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marichez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Rate surnuméraire intra-scrotale. Un cas longtemps silencieux de fusion spléno-gonadique discontinue.