title: Splenogonadal fusion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report on 7 patients with splenogonadal fusion and review the literature on this unusual condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of patients diagnosed with splenogonadal fusion between 1989 and 1994 at 4 institutions were retrospectively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 7 patients were properly diagnosed at surgery and the testes were salvaged in 5. In 1 intersex patient gonadectomy was appropriate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Splenogonadal fusion is a rare condition. Familiarity with this lesion allows for intraoperative diagnosis and testicular salvage.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, USA.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Balaji
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Caldamone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortenberg
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery