The ascending testis

Fenton, Edmond; Woodward, Ann; Hudson, Irene L.; Marschner, Ian C.

doi:10.1007/bf00179629

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“…Acquired UDT describes the condition in which a testicle is in a normal scrotal position in early childhood but becomes truly undescended later [8][9][10][11]. If the testis can still be made to enter high into the scrotum, but after release immediately retracts to the groin, the condition is termed high scrotal testis (or 'gliding testis' [12]).…”

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Previous testicular position in boys referred for an undescended testis: further explanation of the late orchidopexy enigma?

Hack¹,

Meijer²,

Voort-Doedens³

et al. 2003

BJU International

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RESULTSOn referral, 340 testes were not in the scrotum (182 uni-and 79 bilateral). Of the 340 testes, 82 (24%) in 61 boys were diagnosed as retractile, whereas the remaining 258 in 221 boys were undescended. The previous testicular position was known in 208 of 221 boys (94%), with 244 UDTs. In 65 of these 244 (26.6%) the testis had never been scrotal (congenital UDT); in 179 (73.4%) a previous intrascrotal position was recorded in early childhood (acquired UDT) at least once, in 149 (61%) at least twice and in 117 (48%) at least three times. The mean age at referral for congenital UDT was 2.1 years and for acquired UDT was 8.4 years. CONCLUSIONSThese results show that acquired UDT is frequent, and occurs at about three times the rate of congenital UDT. Because these boys are referred for treatment later in childhood, the acquired UDT probably accounts for the high rate of (late) orchidopexy.

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Previous testicular position in boys referred for an undescended testis: further explanation of the late orchidopexy enigma?

Hack¹,

Meijer²,

Voort-Doedens³

et al. 2003

BJU International

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“…The orchidopexy rate has also not changed significantly in different publications within the last 40 years. The cumulative orchidopexy rate in different countries is stable around 2.4% to 3.8% [89,[111][112][113][114][115], with a minor transient increment of orchidopexy rates in Denmark and UK from 1980 to 1990 [89,116]. Also in New York area, the orchidopexy rate has been stable during the last decades [117].…”

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confidence: 91%

What is new in cryptorchidism and hypospadias—a critical review on the testicular dysgenesis hypothesis

Thorup

McLachlan

Cortes

et al. 2010

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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“…Unlike retractile testis, ascending testis is a truly undescended testis that cannot be brought to the base of the scrotum. 5 Although ascent of the intrascrotal testis is a phenomenon that has been documented in the past, it is still controversial. Villumsen and Zachau-Christiansen 6 in 1966 first reported boys in whom the testes ascended from the scrotal position to an undescended position, but this entity has not been generally accepted.…”

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confidence: 99%