title: Splenogonadal fusion and testicular cancer: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 36 year-old man after tests for assessing male infertility was diagnosed with primary infertility, bilateral cryptorchidism, nonobstructive azoospermia and discontinuous splenogonadal fusion. Carcinoma in situ was found in his left testicle, which was intraabdominal and associated with splenogonadal fusion. To our knowledge, this is the fourth case of splenogonadal fusion associated with testicular cancer reported. One should always bear in mind the possibility of this association for the left cryptorchid testicle.
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Clínica Urológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo -Avenida Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255,7o andar - Zip code: 05403-000 - São Paulo (SP), Brazil. robertoiglesias@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Roberto Iglesias
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Mabel Tatty
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
authors.forename: Marco Antônio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Arap
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cocuzza
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srougi
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hallak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D053713:Azoospermia / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D056126:Orchiopexy; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology