Unique Presentation of Intra-Abdominal Testis: Small Bowel Obstruction
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We describe here a two-year-old male who required urgent laparotomy to relieve a strangulated small bowel caused by internal herniation around an intra-abdominal testis. This clinical presentation has not been reported previously.
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دوره 2011 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011