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splenotesticular fusion
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Case 19 : Spleno-testicular fusion
Synopsis
splenogonadal fusion
elongated spleen connected with gonad (testsi or ovary)
- possible colonic compression or stricture
splenic nodule on gonad
continuous splenic tissue from left hypochondre to gonad
Associations
limb deficiency (9386063)
- ectromelia
See also
splenic malformations
References
Splenogonadal fusion with limb deficiency and micrognathia. Moore PJ, Hawkins EP, Galliani CA, Guerry-Force ML. South Med J. 1997 Nov;90(11):1152-5. PMID: 9386063
