Polyorchidism with presumed contralateral intrauterine testicular torsion

• Published in: International journal of surgery case reports Vol. 5; no. 11; pp. 865 - 867
• Main Authors: Leodoro, B.M, Beasley, S.W, Stringer, M.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Intrauterine testicular torsion; Polyorchidism; Surgery; Polyorchidism; Intrauterine testicular torsion
• ISSN: 2210-2612; 2210-2612
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.09.035

Highlights • The sentence, “Since then fewer than 200 cases have been reported in children and adults2 ” has been updated to “Since then nearly 230 cases of polyorchidism have been reported with a meta-analysis revealing 140 cases of histologically confirmed polyorchidism in children and adults.2 ” • The sentence “It occurs mostly on the left side, with only a few reports of right sided polyorchidism3,4 ” has been changed to “Right sided polyorchidism is less common than on the left side.” • Prenatal testicular torsion reportedly occurs in approximately 6.1 per 100,000 births.7,8 The frequency may be higher given that the infarcted testis gets resorbed giving rise to reports of the “vanishing testis” as is most likely in this case.8 While prenatal testicular torsion is increasingly being recognized and treated as a surgical emergency,9 prenatal testicular torsion in association with polyorchidism has not been previously reported.” has been included.