Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy
Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found...
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| author | Natalie C. Hartman Levent Trabzonlu Güliz A. Barkan Marcus L. Quek |
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| description | Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found to have discontinuous splenogonadal fusion after radical orchiectomy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9961039e71734522b519b471aaaa2d9d2025-02-03T01:22:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69192022-01-01202210.1155/2022/2791305Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of MalignancyNatalie C. Hartman0Levent Trabzonlu1Güliz A. Barkan2Marcus L. Quek3Department of UrologyDepartment of PathologyDepartment of PathologyDepartment of UrologySplenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found to have discontinuous splenogonadal fusion after radical orchiectomy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2791305 |
| spellingShingle | Natalie C. Hartman Levent Trabzonlu Güliz A. Barkan Marcus L. Quek Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy |
| title_full | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy |
| title_fullStr | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy |
| title_short | Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy |
| title_sort | splenogonadal fusion a rare mimicker of malignancy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2791305 |
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