Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia (Dec 2016)

A singular case of polyorchidism

  • Giacomo Di Cosmo,
  • Tommaso Silvestri,
  • Stefano Bucci,
  • Michele Bertolotto,
  • Carlo Trombetta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.4.333
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 88, no. 4
pp. 333 – 334

Abstract

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We report a case of polyorchidism, a rare congenital anomaly, frequently discovered by chance. At current knowledge is still not defined which is the best clinical and therapeutic approach as well the best follow- up scheme due to the unclear malignant potential and rate of complications if a conservative approach is used. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) seems to be a good method to discriminate this mass from others pathological findings but there is still not enough evidence to standardize the procedure.

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