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Case Report: A Case of a Cryptorchidism and Polyorchidism in Down Syndrome Child

1Urology Department, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, Vol. 9 No. 7, 358-359
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-7-4
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Mohamed Khaled Shamasneh, Anas Ghousheh, Ibrahim Taha. Case Report: A Case of a Cryptorchidism and Polyorchidism in Down Syndrome Child. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(7):358-359. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-7-4.

Correspondence to: Mohamed  Khaled Shamasneh, Urology Department, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan. Email: mohammedalshamasneh@gmail.com

Abstract

Polyorchidism is an uncommon pediatric urological condition, having it in a down syndrome patient with bilateral cryptorchidism is tremendously rare. In this case report, a five-year old child with down syndrome was examined and admitted for further evaluation of bilateral undescended testicles. At the time of surgery, a third testicle was excised and sent to pathology department to exclude any type of cancer. The pathologist ruled out malignancy and confirmed the presence of atrophied testicular tissue. This is a rare case of undescended atrophied third testicle in a down syndrome child.

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