ECTOPIA TESTIS PERINEI

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Since the publication last September of A. Lee McGregor's1brilliant description of a third inguinal ring, the explanation of ectopia testis has become a fascinating subject. McGregor, through an exhaustive series of dissections, has explained the formation of a ring, easily felt clinically, which is the gateway to the scrotum from the inguinal canal. A finger, invaginating the scrotum to feel the external ring, passes through the "third" ring. Medial to the finger is the root of the penis and the suspensory ligament. Laterally is the ligament of Scarpa, which forms a gutter in which the cord is often felt. Anteriorly the ring is formed by the fusion of Scarpa's and Colles' fascia, and anterior to these, Camper's fascia is giving place to the dartos. Posterior to the exploring finger are the ligaments and the body of the pubic bone. This ring, together with a false one, was easily

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