A 36 year-old man after tests for assessing male infertility was diagnosed with primary infertility, bilateral cryptorchidism, nonobstructive azoospermia and discontinuous splenogonadal fusion.
Carcinoma in situ was found in his left testicle, which was intraabdominal and associated with splenogonadal fusion. To our knowledge, this is the fourth case of splenogonadal fusion associated with testicular cancer reported. One should always bear in mind the possibility of this association for the left cryptorchid testicle.
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Lopes RI, de Medeiros MT, Arap MA, Cocuzza M, Srougi M, Hallak J. Are you the author?
Divisão de Clínica Urológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo -Avenida Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255,7o andar - 05403-000 - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Reference: Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2012 Jan-Mar;10(1):92-5.
doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082012000100019
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23045834
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