A rare form of persistent Mullerian duct syndrome: Transverse testicular ectopia with germ cell testis cancer and hernia uteri inguinalis

Selim Yazar; Hüseyin Eren; Türker Acehan; Recep Bedir; Hasan Gündoğdu; Ahmet Onur Yüksel

doi:10.1111/and.14229

A rare form of persistent Mullerian duct syndrome: Transverse testicular ectopia with germ cell testis cancer and hernia uteri inguinalis

Andrologia. 2021 Dec;53(11):e14229. doi: 10.1111/and.14229. Epub 2021 Sep 6.

Authors

Selim Yazar¹, Hüseyin Eren¹, Türker Acehan², Recep Bedir³, Hasan Gündoğdu⁴, Ahmet Onur Yüksel¹

Affiliations

¹ Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey.
² Division of Surgical Oncology, General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey.
³ Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey.
⁴ Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey.

PMID: 34490930
DOI: 10.1111/and.14229

Abstract

Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome is a rare form disorder of sexual differentiation characterised by the persistence of Mullerian derivatives (fallopian tubes, uterus and the proximal vagina) in males with an XY karyotype and normal virilisation. We report a case of a 29-year-old man with right transverse testicular ectopia, mix germ cell cancer at ectopic right testis and left-sided obstructed inguinal hernia containing a uterus and fallopian tube. We performed orchiectomy and hysterectomy on the patient.

Keywords: inguinal hernia; persistent Mullerian duct syndrome; testis cancer; transvers testicular ectopia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Disorder of Sex Development, 46,XY
Female
Hernia, Inguinal* / surgery
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal*
Testicular Neoplasms* / complications
Testicular Neoplasms* / surgery
Testis / surgery
Uterus / diagnostic imaging
Uterus / surgery

Supplementary concepts

Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome