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Splenogonadal fusion a forgotten cause of testicular swelling in children

Splenogonadal fusion a forgotten cause of testicular swelling in children Case report 25 Splenogonadal fusion: a forgotten cause of testicular swelling in children a b a c Mohamad Morjan , Nizar Akil , Safi Nassan and Ahmed H. Al-Salem Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in testicular neoplasm. Ann Pediatr Surg 10:25–26 2014 which there is fusion of the spleen and the gonad. This Annals of Pediatric Surgery. report describes a 25-month-old male child who presented Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2014, 10:25–26 with left scrotal swelling. On exploration, a discontinuous Keywords: congenital anomalies of gonads, splenogonadal fusion, testicular type of splenogonadal fusion was found. It was swelling successfully and completely separated from the testis a b Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pathology, Aleppo University and removed. The diagnosis of splenogonadal fusion Hospital, Aleppo, Syria and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maternity and should always be kept in mind and included in the Children Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia differential diagnosis of testicular swelling in infants Correspondence to Ahmed H. Al-Salem, FRCSI, FACS, FICS PO Box 61015, and children. Rarely, it is diagnosed preoperatively and Qatif 3199, Saudi Arabia Fax: +009668630009; e-mail: ahsalsalem@hotmail.com physicians caring for these patients should be aware of this. Intraoperatively, it should be recognized and excised. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Pediatric Surgery Wolters Kluwer Health

Splenogonadal fusion a forgotten cause of testicular swelling in children

Al-Salem, Ahmed H.
Annals of Pediatric Surgery , Volume 10 (1) – Jan 1, 2014
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Case report 25 Splenogonadal fusion: a forgotten cause of testicular swelling in children a b a c Mohamad Morjan , Nizar Akil , Safi Nassan and Ahmed H. Al-Salem Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in testicular neoplasm. Ann Pediatr Surg 10:25–26 2014 which there is fusion of the spleen and the gonad. This Annals of Pediatric Surgery. report describes a 25-month-old male child who presented Annals of Pediatric Surgery 2014, 10:25–26 with left scrotal swelling. On exploration, a discontinuous Keywords: congenital anomalies of gonads, splenogonadal fusion, testicular type of splenogonadal fusion was found. It was swelling successfully and completely separated from the testis a b Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pathology, Aleppo University and removed. The diagnosis of splenogonadal fusion Hospital, Aleppo, Syria and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maternity and should always be kept in mind and included in the Children Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia differential diagnosis of testicular swelling in infants Correspondence to Ahmed H. Al-Salem, FRCSI, FACS, FICS PO Box 61015, and children. Rarely, it is diagnosed preoperatively and Qatif 3199, Saudi Arabia Fax: +009668630009; e-mail: ahsalsalem@hotmail.com physicians caring for these patients should be aware of this. Intraoperatively, it should be recognized and excised.

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Annals of Pediatric Surgery – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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