Triorchidism: Unilateral double atrophic undescended testis in Tertiary Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia
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Polyorchidism; unilateral, one atrophic undescended double testicles
Polyorchidism is a very rare genitourinary anomaly defined with the presence of more than two testicles. Polyorchidism is associated up to 40% with undescended testicles. The present report is about an incidentally detected triorchidism case with unilateral, one atrophic undescended double testicles. A 4-year-old child, diagnosed with undescended left testicle revealed during orchiopexy polyorc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2213-5766
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101633