The testes develop in the abdomen and descend during the third trimester into the scrotum. The testicle can be arrested anywhere during its descent or it can migrate into an abnormal position. Undescended testis, otherwise known as cryptorchidism, is a welldescribed disorder with a spectrum of complications ranging from torsion to necrosis, infertility, and atrophy. The risk of developing testi...

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication after abdominal surgery, and can occur due to many reasons. However, cryptorchidism can cause SBO in patients with no history of abdominal surgery. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with SBO caused by adhesions between an undescended testis and the terminal ileum.

A case is presented of a 40 year old fertile man with a history of unilateral cryptorchidism who presented with a lower abdominal mass. On investigations a giant intraabdominal seminoma was diagnosed. Laparotomy and complete excision was carried out. The possible association between the undescended testis and cancer transformations is briefly discussed.

Using data from the Hospital In-patient Enquiry (HIPE) Coggon and Nelms (1984) reported a substantial increase in operations for torsion of the testis between 1968 and 1980. The cumulative discharge rate (for ages 0 to 34) increased 2.3-fold from 0.35% in 1968 to 0.82% in 1980. A subsequent investigation of cases in the Wessex Health Region by these authors confirmed this increase and could fin...

tum and silk-worm gut sutures were introduced. I made 110 attempt to deal radically with the hydrocele which had been reduced (i.e., the fluid) previous to operation, and which has not since reappeared. The doughy swelling referred to was also untouched. From 16th May (operation) till 22nd all went well, then the temperature began to fluctuate, and the doughy swelling rapidly increased in size,...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory pseudotumour refers to a non-malignant tumour-like mass resulting from an inflammatory reaction that is composed of granulation tissue with leukocyte infiltration that commonly occurs in the paediatric or young adult population. These tumours occur more commonly in the lungs and the orbit but rarely does it affect the gastrointestinal tract. It poses a clinical diagnosti...

OBJECTIVE Data on the prevalence of patent processus vaginalis (PPV) and hernia in patients with cryptorchidism are controversial. While some pediatric surgeons do not dissect the processus vaginalis (PV), most prefer to do so to prevent hernia formation and to achieve an effective orchiopexy outcome. This study was performed to evaluate the importance of dissection and high ligation of the PV ...

PURPOSE To define timing and methods for a balanced follow-up of testicular microlithiasis (TM) in pediatric age. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 21 pediatric asymptomatic patients (42 testicular units) diagnosed with TM and without associated risk factors. Microliths were found bilaterally on ultrasonography in all the patients. Distribution of microliths...

Objectives To assess the incidence of testicular appendices (Tas), epididymal anomalies (EAs), and processus vaginalis (PV) patency in patients with undescended testis (UT) according to testicular position and to compare them with human fetuses. Methods We studied 85 patients (108 testes) with cryptorchidism and compared the features with those of 15 fetuses (30 testes) with scrotal testes. W...