BACKGROUND Testicular torsion associated with undescended testis is uncommon but requires immediate treatment. Ultrasound Doppler is recognized as the preferred imaging modality for testicular torsion due to its high specificity, sensitivity and availability. OBJECTIVES To determine the accuracy of ultrasound Doppler in diagnosis of torsion of undescended testis. METHODS We describe three p...

OBJECTIVE Traditionally there is a concern about the possibility of developing testicular tumors as a consequence of undescended testis. This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between testicular tumors and undescended testis. METHODS Medical records of all patients with testicular germ cell cancer were seen and examined at the Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Jordan Universi...

We reported a case of torsion of the undescended testis in a 9-month-old boy which was diagnosed with 99mTc testicular scin-tigraphy. The scan showed diffuse increased activity in the location of the undescended testis and no photopenic area was visible. At surgery, torsion of the undescended testis was detected and fixed.

PURPOSE We assessed the prevalence of testicular microlithiasis by ultrasound in boys and young men with congenital or acquired undescended (ascending) testis. MATERIALS AND METHODS During followup for testicular growth patients with congenital or acquired undescended (ascending) testis were also screened by ultrasound for testicular microlithiasis, which was defined as echogenic foci without...

Undescended testis is one of the most common pediatric disorder of the male endocrine glands and the most common genital disorder identified at birth. The undescended testis may be palpable or non-palpable. Approximately 20% of undescended testis are non-palpable and either located in the abdomen or the canaliculi, or atrophic or are completely absent. Identifying the location of ectopic and un...

BACKGROUND The strength of the association between undescended testis and testicular cancer varies considerably across studies. Here we report the effect of various classifications of self-reported history of undescended testis and different data sources on the estimates of the risk of testicular cancer from a case-control study. METHODS We performed a population-based case-control study incl...

The saccharidic content of the glycoconjugates has been studied in the descended the undescended testes of a 8 years old boy. For this purpose, a battery of seven HRP-conjugated lectins (SBA, DBA,PNA,WGA,UEAI, LTA and ConA) was used. D-galactose-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and alpha-L-fucose sugar residues, which were present in the cytoplasm of the Sertoli cells of the normally positioned prepube...

Neoplasia UDT is associated with an increased risk of germ cell tumour of the testis. It has been suggested that males with UDT have a 40 times increase in the rate of neoplasia above the general population.1 Although this number is debatable, these data need to be interpreted with caution because testicular malignancy is very rare in Africa.2 The role of orchiopexy in reducing malignancy is co...

  SUMMARY With the aim of surgical epidemiology nature of undescended testis, we examined 8034 school age boys in the city of Tehran. We invatted affected persons to Loghman-e-Hakim Medical Center for repeated examination and further diagnostic in­vestigations, results are: Among 8034 persons 82 had undescended testis, it means 1 .02 % , 56 % are in the right, and 33%  in the left, 11 % are...