Management of Incidental Finding of Triorchidism Diagnosed During Routine Hernia Repair

Krzysztof Balawender; Tomasz Wiatr; Agata Wawrzyniak; Stanisław Orkisz

doi:10.2147/RRU.S291621

Management of Incidental Finding of Triorchidism Diagnosed During Routine Hernia Repair

Res Rep Urol. 2021 Mar 5:13:127-131. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S291621. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Krzysztof Balawender^{1

2}, Tomasz Wiatr³, Agata Wawrzyniak², Stanisław Orkisz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology and Urological Oncology, Municipal Hospital in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
² Morphological Sciences Department of Human Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszow University, Rzeszow, Poland.
³ Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Urology, Cracow, Poland.

Abstract

Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly which refers to the presence of more than two intra- or extrascrotal testicles. Triorchidism, the presence of one extra testicle is the most common type. This report describes the case of a 29-year-old male who was found to have a right supernumerary undescended testis encountered incidentally during hernia repair. With this in mind, the current knowledge of management of supernumerary testis was analysed, including potential scenarios, to delineate what a urologist should do when a supernumerary testis is found during routine surgical procedures such as orchidopexy or hernia repair.

Keywords: orchidectomy; orchidopexy; polyorchidism; supernumerary testis; triorchidism.

Publication types

Case Reports