Hepatogonadal fusion.
An unusual spermatic cord-like structure was observed connecting the liver and right testis in a 3-month-old boy who was undergoing right inguinal hernia repair. The hepatic tissue was present along the entire length of this structure.
Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. fanr@iupui.edu
Rong
R
Fan
Philip R
PR
Faught
Jihong
J
Sun
Kirsten K
KK
Meldrum
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000209:etiology; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis; D007223:Infant; D007566:Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D055815:Young Adult