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Bilateral retrovesical testes: an unusual location for impalpable undescended testes
E Carmody1, L Klotz, C Leonhardt
1Department of Radiology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abdominal Imaging
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Although the majority of impalpable undescended testes lie in an intracanalicular location, a significant number are also found to be intraabdominal. The expected location of intraabdominal testes is a line joining the renal hilum and the internal inguinal ring. We describe a case of an adult patient in whom impalpable undescended testes were located in a retrovesical location. This case highlights the importance of performing a thorough inspection of the entire abdomen and pelvis if the impalpable testis is not found in an expected location.