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The CT findings excluded urogenital anomalies such as renal agenesis or malformation that are occasionally combined with testicular maldescent and ectopy.

A Rare Variation of Transverse Testicular Ectopia (TTE) in a Young Adult as an Incidental Finding during Investigation for Testicular Pain

Animal toxicology studies and human epidemiology studies have shown that disruption of androgen action at this time can have irreversible consequences at birth, including testis maldescent (cryptorchidism) and penile malformations where the urethral opening is placed on the underside of the penis (hypospadias).

Endocrine disruption in human fetal testis explants by individual and combined exposures to selected pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and environmental pollutants

Maldescent of the thymus: 34 necropsy and 10 surgical cases, including 7 thymuses medial to the mandible.

Bilateral ektopik servikal timus olgusunda ultrasonografi ve manyetik rezonans goruntuleme bulgulari/Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in the case of bilateral ectopic cervical thymus

In patients with congenital uterine, anomalies ovarian malposition (ovarian maldescent) are more common.

Ruptured hemorrhagic cyst of undescended ovary mimicking mucocele: A rare pediatric case

(3,10) The distinction between agenesis and maldescent is critical, as orchidopexy should be performed in all patients with undescended testes.

Seminoma in undescended inguinal testis: a rare case with review of literature

Risk factors for testicular cancer include cryptorchidism (testicular maldescent), carcinoma in situ (intratubular germ cell neoplasia), history of testicular cancer or extragonadal germ cell tumor, family history, HIV infection, Down syndrome, and testicular trauma.

Malignant tumors of testis in Ajmer region

There is also increased incidence of ovarian maldescent in females with Mullerian duct anomalies who may present with atypical abdominal pain when ovaries are located within the abdomen [2].

Mullerian Remnant Cyst as a Cause of Acute Abdomen in a Female Patient with Mullerian Agenesis: Radiologic and Pathologic Findings

Unilateral ovarian agenesis and fallopian tube maldescent. Pediatr Surg Int 2001; 17: 228-9

Unilateral ovarian agenesis and clear cell type epithelioid leiomyoma of uterus mimicking ovarian malignancy

This anomaly is also called "testicular pseudo duplication", "unilateral double testis" or "transverse aberrant testicular maldescent".

TRANSVERSE TESTICULAR ECTOPIA WITH PERSISTENT MULLERIAN DUCT SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT

Anatomical, morphological and volumetric analysis: A review of 759 cases of testicular maldescent. J Urol 1993; 149: 570-3.

The testicles and penis sizes and rates of external genital organ anomalies in primary school boys in Samsun/Samsun ilinde ilkogretim cagi erkek cocuklarda testis ve penis boyutlari ve dis genital organ anomali oranlari

The 2 most common anomalies associated with polyorchidism are maldescent (40%) of either the supernumerary testis or the ipsilateral (more normal) testis and indirect inguinal hernia (30%).

Radiological case of the month: Manzar H. Rizvi, MD; Timothy J. Murphy, MD; Yashodeep P. Jadhav, MD

Maldescent during early embryologic development may also leave aberrant thyroid and parathyroid tissues within a normally placed mediastinal thymus.

Adult Ectopic Thymus Adjacent to Thyroid and Parathyroid

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