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Bilateral High Intra-Abdominal Testes Successfully Treated With Multistage Fowler-Stephens Orchiopexy to Preserve
Akari Hiraguri1, Yuichi Sato1, Junya Hata1
1Department of Urology Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Fukushima Japan.
Introduction:
A case of bilateral high intra-abdominal testes successfully treated with multistage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy is reported.
Case Presentation:
A 6-month-old boy with bilateral nonpalpable testes was diagnosed with a left intra-abdominal testis located immediately caudal to the spleen on magnetic resonance imaging and laparoscopy. At the age of 4 years, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging detected a structure immediately caudal to the liver, which was suspected to be the right testis. With a diagnosis of bilateral intra-abdominal testes, one-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy was performed on the right testis at 5 years of age. After confirming its development, two-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy was performed on the left testis at 10 years of age.
Conclusion:
After confirming the development of the right testis that underwent one-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy, two-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy was completed on the left testis, resulting in the successful preservation of both testes and normal sexual development.
