title: Congenital cystic dysplasia of the rete testis.
abstract: Cystic dysplasia of the rete testis (the network of straight seminiferous tubules within the mediastinum testis leading to the efferent ductules) is a rare congenital anomaly. There are only 15 cases reported in the literature to date and only one report of the US findings [1-5]. This report highlights the characteristic appearance of the lesion on ultrasound examination and its association with renal abnormalities in two patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Imaging, Department of Paediatric Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. piottol@mail.wch.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piotto
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: LeQuesne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gent
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012152:Rete Testis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography