Seminoma associated with crossed fused renal ectopia
D W Key1, R Moyad, H B Grossman
1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
The Journal of Urology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a case of seminoma associated with crossed fused renal ectopia and a duplicated vena cava. The impact of these congenital anomalies on the treatment of testicular seminoma is discussed.
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