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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM CRYPTORCHISM
• CRYPTORCHISM DESCRIBES THE CONDITION OF HAVING AN UNDESCENDED TESTIS.
• CRYPTORCHISM, WHICH IS FOUND IN 3 TO 4% OF FULL TERM BIRTHS, IS ASSOCIATED WITH INFERTILITY AND AN INCREASE IN THE RISK FOR MALIGNANCY IN THE INVOLVED TESTIS.
• SEMINOMA IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER FOUND IN AN UNDESCENDED TESTIS.
• ALTHOUGH THE MAY BE FOUND WITHIN THE ABDOMEN, UNDESCENDED TESTICLES ARE MOST OFTEN FOUND JUST ABOVE THE SCROTUM OR WITHIN THE INGUINAL CANAL.
• SURGICAL CORRECTION OF AN UNDESCENDED TESTIS IS REFERRED TO AS AN ORCHIPEXY.
• SONOGRAPHICALLY, THE UNDESCENDED TESTIS WILL APPEAR HYPOECHOIC TO THE NORMAL TESTIS.
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