HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE TESTICULAR NUBBIN IN THE VANISHING TESTIS SYNDROME
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 160 (3 Part 2) , 1161-1163
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62726-5
Abstract
Conclusions In this series testicular nubbins in vanishing testes contained no viable testicular tissue. Since the risk of testicular cancer in an undescended testis is 8 to 10% and the incidence of viable testicular tissue in these nubbins ranges from 0% in our series to 11% in others, there is only a 0 to 1.1% risk of testicular cancer in the nubbin. Thus, surgical removal may not be warranted.Keywords
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