Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report
Ectopic adrenal tissue is usually found in kidney and retroperitoneum, yet other locations are considered uncommon. Spermatic cord remains one of the sites where this entity is mostly incidentally found during surgical procedure in childhood. Macroscopically, it represents as yellowish, lipomatous n...
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doaj-03a717e9b68d45ba860554d951586e342020-11-24T23:39:37ZengPed Urol Case RepPediatric Urology Case Reports2148-29692148-29692017-11-014639139410.14534/PUCR.2017632144Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report Biserka Pigac0Silvija Mašić1Slavko Gašparov2Valentina Mašić3Pathology, Cytology and Forensic Medicine Unit, Varaždin General Hospital, Varaždin, Croatia Clinic for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia Department of Pathology and Cytology, Clinical Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia Training and Education Center 'Vinko Bek', Zagreb, Croatia Ectopic adrenal tissue is usually found in kidney and retroperitoneum, yet other locations are considered uncommon. Spermatic cord remains one of the sites where this entity is mostly incidentally found during surgical procedure in childhood. Macroscopically, it represents as yellowish, lipomatous nodule. We present a case of ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, found during orchidopexy of the right testicle. Histopathological analysis of the spermatic cord nodule revealed adrenal cortical tissue composed of zona fasciculata cells. Although usually being benign and asymptomatic, cases of hyperplasia, adenoma and carcinoma arising from ectopic adrenal tissue have been reported. Therefore, removal of this tissue, when detected, is recommended. http://pediatricurologycasereports.com/ojs/index.php/pucr/article/view/306/140Ectopic adrenocortical tissuespermatic cordundescended testis |
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Biserka Pigac Silvija Mašić Slavko Gašparov Valentina Mašić Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report Pediatric Urology Case Reports Ectopic adrenocortical tissue spermatic cord undescended testis |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: A case report |
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ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, an incidental finding during orchidopexy: a case report |
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Ped Urol Case Rep |
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Pediatric Urology Case Reports |
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2148-2969 2148-2969 |
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2017-11-01 |
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Ectopic adrenal tissue is usually found in kidney and retroperitoneum, yet other locations are considered uncommon. Spermatic cord remains one of the sites where this entity is mostly incidentally found during surgical procedure in childhood. Macroscopically, it represents as yellowish, lipomatous nodule. We present a case of ectopic adrenal tissue of spermatic cord in a 3- year- old boy, found during orchidopexy of the right testicle. Histopathological analysis of the spermatic cord nodule revealed adrenal cortical tissue composed of zona fasciculata cells. Although usually being benign and asymptomatic, cases of hyperplasia, adenoma and carcinoma arising from ectopic adrenal tissue have been reported. Therefore, removal of this tissue, when detected, is recommended. |
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Ectopic adrenocortical tissue spermatic cord undescended testis |
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http://pediatricurologycasereports.com/ojs/index.php/pucr/article/view/306/140 |
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