Urology Journal

ISSN: 1735-1308

2019

A Simplified Management of Transverse Testicular Ectopia in Patients with Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome

Urology Journal, 2019, 5 January 2019
https://doi.org/10.22037/uj.v0i0.5685

Abstract

Persistent müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) in the majority of cases is discovered during surgery for inguinal hernia or cryptorchidism. A transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) with cryptorchidism may be very rarely associated to PMDS. Assuming that müllerian remnants have a very low malignant degeneration potential if compared to the malignancy risk of an undescended and not relocated testis, we describe a simplified surgical technique of orchiopexy that avoids an extensive anatomical dissection, in this way minimizing the risk of losing the deferential blood supply to the testis.

Keywords:
  • persistent Müllerian duct syndrome
  • transverse testicular ectopia
  • orchiopexy
  • disorders of sex differentiation

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