[A case of hernia uteri inguinalis with a left crossed ectopic testis].
A 70-year-old man with the complaint of dysuria and painless swelling of the right scrotal sac and inguinal region was operated on for suspected right inguinal hernia. The hernia sac contained two testis and immature uterine tissue, which were pathognomonic of left crossed ectopic testis complicated by hernia uteri inguinalis. The chromosomes were normal. Statistics on 57 similar cases indicated that this was the eldest of all such patients reported in Japan; since he had two children, he seems to have been fertile.
D000368:Aged; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009095:Mullerian Ducts; D013577:Syndrome; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities