Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature

Polyorchidism, which means one or more additional testicles, is a congenital anomaly and is seldom observed. In many polyorchidism patients, there is one supernumerary testicle (SNT) (triorchidism) whose left face is often the presentation. Two-sided SNT is very rare, and has been reported only in s...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Sedat Durmaz, Salih Hattapoglu, Cihad Hamidi, Cemil Goya, , Bora Ozbakir
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Language:English
Published: Ped Urol Case Rep 2018-03-01
Series:Pediatric Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://pediatricurologycasereports.com/ojs/index.php/pucr/article/view/373/156
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spelling doaj-680da9b1a93d42d6a738436019b435a42020-11-25T01:09:27ZengPed Urol Case RepPediatric Urology Case Reports2148-29692148-29692018-03-0152646810.14534/j-pucr.2018236892Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature Mehmet Sedat Durmaz0Salih Hattapoglu1Cihad Hamidi2Cemil Goya3, Bora Ozbakir4Department of Radiology, Health Sciences University, Teaching and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey Department of Radiology Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey Department of Radiology Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey Department of Radiology Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey Department of Radiology, Gynecology-Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Isparta, Turkey Polyorchidism, which means one or more additional testicles, is a congenital anomaly and is seldom observed. In many polyorchidism patients, there is one supernumerary testicle (SNT) (triorchidism) whose left face is often the presentation. Two-sided SNT is very rare, and has been reported only in six cases. Here, we are presenting a male case who was six years old with bilaterally SNT (quadriorchidism) in scrotum that presented as asymptomatic masses. http://pediatricurologycasereports.com/ojs/index.php/pucr/article/view/373/156Supernumerary testicleultrasonographyquadriorchidism
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author Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
Salih Hattapoglu
Cihad Hamidi
Cemil Goya
, Bora Ozbakir
spellingShingle Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
Salih Hattapoglu
Cihad Hamidi
Cemil Goya
, Bora Ozbakir
Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
Pediatric Urology Case Reports
Supernumerary testicle
ultrasonography
quadriorchidism
author_facet Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
Salih Hattapoglu
Cihad Hamidi
Cemil Goya
, Bora Ozbakir
author_sort Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
title Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
title_short Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
title_full Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
title_fullStr Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Quadriorchidism: A case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
title_sort quadriorchidism: a case of bilateral supernumerary testicle and review of the literature
publisher Ped Urol Case Rep
series Pediatric Urology Case Reports
issn 2148-2969
2148-2969
publishDate 2018-03-01
description Polyorchidism, which means one or more additional testicles, is a congenital anomaly and is seldom observed. In many polyorchidism patients, there is one supernumerary testicle (SNT) (triorchidism) whose left face is often the presentation. Two-sided SNT is very rare, and has been reported only in six cases. Here, we are presenting a male case who was six years old with bilaterally SNT (quadriorchidism) in scrotum that presented as asymptomatic masses.
topic Supernumerary testicle
ultrasonography
quadriorchidism
url http://pediatricurologycasereports.com/ojs/index.php/pucr/article/view/373/156
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