GĐXH - Born with one left testicle, the young man thought he only had one testicle. By chance, when he went for a checkup, the doctors found his remaining testicle in his abdomen, next to his bladder.
The patient is Mr. NHV (31 years old, Hoc Mon, Ho Chi Minh City) who came to Xuyen A General Hospital for emergency treatment with pain in the right groin area that lasted for many days. The pain was continuous with a feeling of constriction, the patient's right groin area had a bulge, was painful to press, and the bulge increased in size when moving.
In particular, during the examination, the doctors discovered that he only had one left testicle . Mr. V. said that since birth, he was discovered to have only one left testicle. Thinking that it was due to a congenital abnormality of having only one testicle, his family and he did not go for a checkup.
Doctors found a second testicle lost in a young man's abdomen for 31 years. Photo: BVCC
Here, the doctors ordered a 160 contrast CT scan, which revealed a strangulated inguinal hernia and found a right testicle in the abdomen next to the bladder.
After consulting and receiving consent from the patient's family, the surgery was performed by doctors within 2 hours of admission.
Master, Doctor, CKII. Nguyen Vinh Binh - Head of the Department of Urology said: "During the surgery, the doctors brought the herniated organs into the abdomen and also found the right testicle in the abdomen with a size similar to the remaining testicle. The right testicle was then released and brought from the abdomen to the scrotum, the patient now has two testicles."
Just one day after surgery, the patient was able to walk and live normally.
Signs of hidden testicles
Undescended testicles are a common birth defect in the male reproductive system. This is a condition in which a baby boy is born with one or both testicles not descending into the scrotum or located in a location other than the scrotum. During the fetal stage, the testicles appear in the abdomen near the kidneys. By the seventh month, the testicles begin to descend into the groin.
The latest descent into the scrotum occurs around the 6th month after birth. About 1% of full-term boys have undescended testicles by the age of 1 year. Usually, undescended testicles occur on only one side, but if both testicles are undescended, only about 10% of children have undescended testicles.
Normally, about 60% - 85% of undescended testicles are located in the upper part of the scrotum and in the inguinal canal, about 15% may be located in the abdomen or other locations. If this condition is not detected and treated early, complications such as testicular torsion, testicular trauma, reduced fertility, testicular cancer, and inguinal hernia may occur.
From the case of patient V., Master, Doctor, Specialist II Nguyen Vinh Binh also recommends that parents need to closely monitor and detect this condition of their boy early to take him to the doctor promptly and handle any abnormalities.
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