title: Splenogonadal fusion in a 13-year-old boy with contralateral displaced intra-abdominal testis.
abstract: Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital malformation characterized by intrauterine fusion of the spleen and gonad. We present a 13-year-old boy referred to our clinic, with left scrotal mass and impalpable testis on the right. The scrotal mass was diagnosed histologically as discontinuous-type splenogonadal fusion and intra-abdominal displaced right testis as germ cell aplasia (Sertoli cell only).
authors.affiliation: Urology Clinics, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. drckaya@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Koca
authors.forename: Ihsan M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Radmayr
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities*