Bilateral scrotoschisis
Congenital testicular exstrophy or scrotoschisis is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the scrotal wall leading to testicular extrusion. The exact etiology and prevalence remain unknown. Mostly, it occurs unilaterally in the higher anterior aspect of scrotum. We report a case of bilateral scrot...
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doaj-9b6949481b274ab8ad675c9aa9bc60fc2021-02-19T04:21:34ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662021-03-0166101776Bilateral scrotoschisisAli Syed Waqas0Aslam Uzair1Khalid Saad2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan; Corresponding author.Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, PakistanDow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, PakistanCongenital testicular exstrophy or scrotoschisis is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the scrotal wall leading to testicular extrusion. The exact etiology and prevalence remain unknown. Mostly, it occurs unilaterally in the higher anterior aspect of scrotum. We report a case of bilateral scrotoschisis in an 8 h old newborn presenting in emergency department with a 4 × 2 cm skin and dartos defect present across the midline in the lower anterior aspect of scrotum causing exteriorization of both testes. Surgery was done to reposition the testes. Postoperative follow-up at two weeks showed healed scar.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620304103ScrotoschisisTesticular exstophyCongenital |
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Bilateral scrotoschisis |
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Bilateral scrotoschisis |
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports |
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Congenital testicular exstrophy or scrotoschisis is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the scrotal wall leading to testicular extrusion. The exact etiology and prevalence remain unknown. Mostly, it occurs unilaterally in the higher anterior aspect of scrotum. We report a case of bilateral scrotoschisis in an 8 h old newborn presenting in emergency department with a 4 × 2 cm skin and dartos defect present across the midline in the lower anterior aspect of scrotum causing exteriorization of both testes. Surgery was done to reposition the testes. Postoperative follow-up at two weeks showed healed scar. |
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Scrotoschisis Testicular exstophy Congenital |
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