title: [Incidence of accessory adrenal cortex tissue of the inguinal region in the child--results of a prospective study].
abstract: Aberrant adrenal cortical tissue is often found in close contact to the urogenital system. In a prospective study covering 150 operations for inguinal hernia, and 110 operations for undescended testes, we looked for aberrant adrenal cortical tissue. In 5.2% of the inguinal hernias and 10.9% of the undescended testes, aberrant adrenal cortical tissue was found. The frequency was higher than reported in the literature. The aberrant adrenal cortical tissue is of clinical importance only in the very rare cases of development of malignant tumours in this tissue.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lochbühler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Werthmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bohrer
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000302:Adrenal Cortex; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Häufigkeit akzessorischen Nebennierenrindengewebes in der Inguinalregion beim Kind--Ergebnisse einer prospektiven Untersuchung.