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Splenogonadal fusion
K C Balaji1, A A Caldamone, R Rabinowitz
1University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, USA.
The Journal of Urology
|August 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
We report on 7 patients with splenogonadal fusion and review the literature on this unusual condition.
Materials And Methods:
The medical records of patients diagnosed with splenogonadal fusion between 1989 and 1994 at 4 institutions were retrospectively reviewed.
Results:
All 7 patients were properly diagnosed at surgery and the testes were salvaged in 5. In 1 intersex patient gonadectomy was appropriate.
Conclusions:
Splenogonadal fusion is a rare condition. Familiarity with this lesion allows for intraoperative diagnosis and testicular salvage.