Case report: crossed testicular ectopia

Crossed testicular ectopia: Report of six cases

“…However, In the literature, the usual presentation of crossed testicular ectopia is ipsilateral inguinal hernia and contralateral undescended testis, whereas in this series, four out of the six patients admitted with bilateral undescended testes. [10] To the best of our knowledge, no more than 10 cases in the literature describe the two cases with cross-testicular ectopia and fused vas deferentes in this series. [11] Yıldız et al in their study have reported a six-case series with TTE, which is the largest series showing this rare pathology up to our knowledge.…”

Impact of Laparoscopy on the Management of Transverse Testicular Ectopia

“…9 More commonly, however, the diagnosis of TTE is made during surgery for an inguinal hernia. 3,4,7,10 In this particular scenario, the contralateral testis is present in the hernial sac. In some rare situations, the affected testis is never seen clinically or during a hernia operation.…”

“…A summary of the anomalies/variations identified at laparoscopy and the subsequent laparoscopy-aided treatment of TTE reported in the English literature in the last decade are shown in Table 1 and here the benefits of laparoscopy are evident. 1,[3][4][5][6][7][8]11 The advent of laparoscopy has also opened up options in the treatment of TTE (Table 1). First, any gonadal or Mül-lerian biopsies can be performed concurrently.…”

Transverse testicular ectopia: three additional cases and a review of the literature

“…Laparoscopy is useful for the diagnosis of associated anomalies like common vas deferens or Müllerian duct remnants. Genitourinary developmental abnormalities have been documented in 20 % of the cases in the form of defective Mullerian regression (rudimentary uterus), common vas deferens, seminal vesicle cyst, and bilateral renal dysgenesis [1,9,10,12]. Testicular malignancies have been identified in some cases, seminoma being the pathology in the majority of cases [13].…”