The Perineal Testis

Coplan, M M; Woods, Frank M.; Melvin, P D

doi:10.1097/00007611-195711000-00004

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“…His article included a diagram showing the five ‘gubernacular tails of Lockwood’: pubic, scrotal, perineal, femoral and superficial inguinal. McGregor acknowledged that this diagram was from Eisendrath, who was rarely cited, whereas McGregor is frequently cited 2,9,13,28–31 . From our search, this was the earliest paper that used the phrase Tails of Lockwood.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Lockwood’s paper in the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology was based on a lecture he delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 23 February 1887 and abstracted in the British Medical Journal in March 1887, and this has also been widely cited 7,11–13 …”

Section: Historical Journal Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An example of McGregor’s influence is an article by Cecil in 1947 that uses his exact wording to describe six tails of Lockwood 29 . Another article in 1957 noted six insertions and listed them in the same order 13 . Nevertheless, around this time Lockwood’s theory was falling out of favour 32,33 …”

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confidence: 99%

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The cause of testicular ectopia has long been a mystery, and over the years, many hypotheses have been suggested to explain the condition. The most famous of these hypotheses is that of the 'Tails of Lockwood'. This developed from a paper written in 1888 by Charles Barrett Lockwood. Although little evidence has ever been found to corroborate this hypothesis, it remains in many textbooks and journal articles to the present day. In the 21st century, this theory should no longer be given as the cause for ectopic testes. Current biological evidence supports a complex process of growth, by elongation and migration of the gubernaculum, rather than a simple mechanical process of testicular descent, as proposed in the 18th century.

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Section: Historical Journal Articlesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Historical Journal Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%