title: Snapshots in surgery: incidentally discovered cryptorchidism.
abstract: An 18-year-old was presented with a large inflamed appendix (compressed by the instrument) and a spermatic cord with right undescended testicle (cryptorchidism). Patients who undergo orchiopexy after age 12 years, or no orchiopexy, are 2-6 times as likely to have testicular cancer as those who undergo prepubertal orchiopexy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Margaret F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Rishabh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sehgal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Desmond C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Winter
keywords: Appendicitis; cryptorchidism; orchidectomy; orchiopexy; testicular cancer