UNLABELLED Testicular epidermoid cyst is extremely rare injury, which in recent studies has been regarded as a tumor. Some authors consider this lesion as a cystic monodermal teratoma, the histogenesis remains controversial. In this study we provide clinical and morphological characteristics of an epidermoid cyst in the left testicle in a 16 years old patient, where apparently a nodular lesion ...

Descent of the testicle from the abdomen into the scrotum is known to occur at about the eighth month of foetal life. If the transition has not taken place at birth it may do so shortly after. It is said that movement can take place at any time up to puberty but very rarely afterwards. Mothers, midwives and doctors are all aware that the scrotum of the newborn baby is usually well formed and co...

OBJECTIVE The cryptorchidism is a risk factor for testicular cancer and is associated with cancer in the contraleteral testicle. The mechanism that leads to an increased risk of causes in a cryptorchid testis is unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 25 patients of 20-years old for maldescended testicles we practiced orchiectomy in 22 testicles and orchiopexy in 7 testicles. The time pati...

To cite: Pilling RWD, Freeman R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015211823 DESCRIPTION A 7-year-old boy with no medical history was referred with intermittent right hip/groin pain, exacerbated by exercise. Examination was normal and initial investigation including ultrasound and MRI proved inconclusive. A prolonged course of physiotherapy failed t...

A 10-year-old, clinically healthy, male dromedary camel had presented a history of progressive unilateral testicular enlargement over the past 5 years. The animal had mated with 32 females during that period; all had conceived. The sex ratio of his offspring was one male to 31 females. Ultrasound examination of the right testicle revealed a diffusely heterogeneous parenchyma with no identifiabl...