Title: Triple Testes – A Rare Case
Authors: Dr Priyanka Gupta, Dr Amit Mainra, Dr Raj Kumar, Dr Digvijay Tanwar
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i7.113
Abstract
Polyorchidism is a very rare congenital anomaly, less than 200 cases reported in literature. Triorchidism is commoner in polyorchidism, mostly extra testes found in left side. We report a case of two years old patient with incidental finding of third testis during orchidopexy for left palpable undescended testis.
Keywords: Undescended, polyorchidism, triorchidism, orchidopexy.
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