congenital undescending testis is a common anomaly of testis, but we had a rare case of ectopic testis. a 15-month-old infant was operated emergently because of left incarcerate inguinal hernia. intraoperative exploration of hernial sac revealed two ectopic testes with one spermatic cord proximally but in the middle divided to two spermatic cords in a 8 shape. there was an important point about...

Choristomas of the internal auditory meatus are exceedingly rare tumors. In most cases, neuromuscular choristomas have initially been misdiagnosed as vestibular schwannomas (VS). No known characteristics in the clinical presentation or in imaging exist distinguishing these tumors from VS, which are the most common tumors at this location [Smith et al.: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997;18:327-329]. We...

Neuromuscular Choristomas are rare benign tumors characterized by their composition as well as their location. They are typically composed of mature skeletal muscle tissue elements that are intermixed with mature neural tissue elements. This condition is extremely rare as is noted by its prevalence. To date, only about forty cases of neuromuscular choristomas have been reported with only five s...