Triorchidism and testicular torsion in a child.
Triorchidism is a rare congenital abnormality of the genitourinary tract. The first surgical case was described in 1895 by Lane. The authors report an interesting case of 2 separate right testes found when a left twisted testis was removed. The generally endorsed necessity to remove the duplicate testis in triorchidism is discussed. This procedure has been recommended because of the risk of torsion.
de Buys Roessingh
Anthony S
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Service of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
El Ghoneimi
Alaa
A
Enezian
Gohrig
G
Aigrain
Yves
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities*