Heterotopic adrenal gland in undescendent testis - Case report

D Anakievski; D Malinova

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101008

Heterotopic adrenal gland in undescendent testis - Case report

Urol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 5:27:101008. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101008. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

D Anakievski^{1

2}, D Malinova^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Urology Department, MUHAT "St. Marina ", Varna, Bulgaria.
² Medical University "Prof. Dr. P. Stoyanov ", Varna, Bulgaria.
³ Department of General and Clinical Pathology, MUHAT "St. Marina ", Varna, Bulgaria.

Abstract

Heterotopic adrenal cortex is usually found in the kidney, retroperitoneum and spermatic cord. The adrenal gland has a dual embryonic origin: the cortex arises from the mesoderm and the medulla from ectoderm of the neural crest. Adrenal cortex and gonads both arise from genital ridge, because of that adrenal tissue with descending gonads may migrate in early embryonic period. We report a case of adrenal rest in upper pole of testes.

Keywords: Adrenal tissue; Heterotopic tissue; Hyperplasia.

Publication types

Case Reports