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Novel compound heterozygous WDR35 variants in a Chinese patient associated with cranioectodermal dysplasia and ectopic testis: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundWDR35 variants are known to cause a rare autosomal recessive disorder-Cranioectodermal dysplasia (CED). The CED patients are commonly...
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Hiding testis fused with liver, an unusual diagnostic challenge!
IntroductionSplenogonadal and adrenogonadal fusion have been incriminated as causes in some cases of cryptorchidism, but hepato-testicular fusion is...
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Does the contralateral testicular volume decide the need for diagnostic laparoscopy in cases of unilateral impalpable undescended testis?
BackgroundThis study aimed the evaluation of the value of the calculated volume of a normal testis to predict the status of its contralateral...
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Ectopic testis: an experience of a tertiary-level urology center at Upper Egypt
BackgroundTesticular ectopia is defined as a testis which is located away from the normal pathway of testicular descent and outside its ipsilateral...
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A novel bioinformatic approach reveals cooperation between Cancer/Testis genes in basal-like breast tumors
Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in women worldwide. Within breast tumors, the basal-like subtype has the worst prognosis,...
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Ectopic lesions in the abdomen and pelvis: a multimodality pictorial review
Various ectopic lesions occur in the abdomen and pelvis and affect multiple organs including liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and organs of the...
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Perineal Ectopic Testis (PET): Ignorance is “Not” a Bliss
Perineal ectopic testis is very rare variant of testicular mal-descendence. We report a case of perineal testis in a 22-year-old athlete presenting...
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The undescended testis in children and adolescents part 2: evaluation and therapeutic approach
Undescended testis (UDT) is defined as failure of a testis to descend into the scrotum and it is a common reason for consultation in pediatric...
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Management of high inguinal undescended testis: a review of literature
BackgroundUndescended testis is one of the most common paediatric surgical diagnoses. A lot of research has been done to date, to standardise the...
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The undescended testis in children and adolescents. Part 1: pathophysiology, classification, and fertility- and cancer-related controversies
Undescended testis (UDT) is defined as failure of a testis to descend into the scrotum. It is one of the most common reasons for consultation in...
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An ectopic ureter inserting into epididymis combined with ipsilateral duplex kidney in a boy diagnosed by MRI: report of a rare case
We present the first case of a right ectopic ureter ending in epididymis combined with an ipsilateral complete duplex kidney, presenting with...
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Serous cystadenocarcinoma of the testis: case report of a rare entity
BackgroundGerm cell tumors account for more than 95% of testicular cancers followed by sex-cord stromal tumors. The occurrence of serous...
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Malignancy in an Undescended Intra-abdominal Testis: a Single Institution Experience
Cryptorchidism is one of the most common congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract, encountered in 1% of men. The cancer risk in an ectopic...
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Splenogonadal fusion: a case report
BackgroundAccessory splenic tissue is a commonly encountered phenomenon in medical literature. Typically, these accessory spleens are found in close...
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An ectopic adrenocortical oncocytic adenoma in the liver highly mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma: case report and literature review
BackgroundEctopic adrenocortical tissue is a lesion usually found incidentally during autopsy or inguinal surgery. Here, we demonstrate an extremely...
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Clinically relevant plasma proteome for adiposity depots: evidence from systematic mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses
BackgroundThe accumulation of visceral and ectopic fat comprise a major cause of cardiometabolic diseases. However, novel drug targets for reducing...
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A renal aplasia case mimicking radiologically as unilateral renal agenesis in a child with spina bifida, atresia ani and unilateral undescended testis: a case report
BackgroundAs a result of the failure of embryogenic kidney formation, a condition can occur where not a single kidney appears and this phenomenon is...
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Unilateral transverse testicular ectopia with recurrence of inguinal hernia: a case report
BackgroundCrossed testicular ectopia or transverse testicular ectopia is an extremely rare urogenital anomaly. In this condition, on average at...
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Fistulous communication with bowel loop: a rare presentation of intra-abdominal seminoma
BackgroundThe complications associated with abdominal testis include torsion, rupture, and malignant transformation.
Case presentation ...