Retro-umbilical ectopic testicle: report of a case.
A case of a retro-umbilical ectopic testicle in a 13-year-old cryptorchid boy is reported. To our knowledge this has not been reported previously. There is no definite explanation for this highly aberrant ectopia. During the neonatal period the boy had an umbilical suppuration that required drainage. This may offer a possible explanation since the consequent healing process could have pulled the peritoneum upwards, dragging the testicle with it. Despite the high position of this testicle (and previous operation on the other side) it was easy to cross over both testes successfully to the heterolateral scrotum.
Retro-umbilical ectopic testicle: report of a case. A case of a retro-umbilical ectopic testicle in a 13-year-old cryptorchid boy is reported. To our knowledge this has not been reported previously. There is no definite explanation for this highly aberrant ectopia. During the neonatal period the boy had an umbilical suppuration that required drainage. This may offer a possible explanation since the consequent healing process could have pulled the peritoneum upwards, dragging the testicle with it. Despite the high position of this testicle (and previous operation on the other side) it was easy to cross over both testes successfully to the heterolateral scrotum.