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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202853
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Transverse Testicular Ectopia and Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome: Video-assisted Treatment
Publication History
Publication Date:
09 April 2009 (online)
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Introduction
Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which, due to a deficiency of the Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS), the complete development of the Mullerian duct structures occurs in the presence of a male phenotype and a 46 XY karyotype. In these patients, a uterus, tubes and vagina are often present which open into a normal male prostatic urethra. These female structures are usually found during surgical correction of an inguinal hernia or during a laparoscopic exploration for non palpable testis. Transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) is frequently present.
Here we present the case of a 6-month-old boy with this rare association and its treatment by video-assisted excision of the Mullerian remnant, video-assisted orchidopexy and laparoscopic closure of the inguinal defects.
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Correspondence
Prof. M. Lima
Department of Pediatric Surgery
University of Bologna
Bologna
Italy
Phone: 39/51/636 36 51
Fax: 39/51/636 36 57
Email: mario.lima@unibo.it