CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TESTICULAR REMNANT FOUND ON INGUINAL EXPLORATION AFTER DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY IN THE ABSENCE OF A PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS
RENZULLI JF, SHETTY R, MANGRAY S, ANDERSON KR, WEISS RM, CALDAMONE AA. CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TESTICULAR REMNANT FOUND ON INGUINAL EXPLORATION AFTER DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY IN THE ABSENCE OF A PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS. Journal Of Urology 2005, 174: 1584-1586. PMID: 16148657, DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000179541.92934.17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerm cell elementsPatent processus vaginalisInternal inguinal ringProcessus vaginalisClosed processus vaginalisInguinal explorationTesticular remnantsNonpalpable testisHistological findingsInguinal ringSpermatic vesselsClosed internal inguinal ringVas deferensClosed internal ringPresence of hemosiderinCell elementsDiagnostic laparoscopyLaparoscopic explorationRetrospective reviewHistological significancePatientsLeft sideCord structuresRight sideIncidence