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Anna Maria Buccoliero1, Antonio Messineo, Francesca Castiglione, Duccio Rossi Degl'Innocenti, Raffaella Santi, Alessandra Martin, Gian Luigi Taddei.
Abstract
We present an exceptional association of splenogonadal fusion, Moebius syndrome, and intestinal intussusception. At the age of 1 year, the patient presented with vomiting, bloody stools, and abdominal distension. He underwent a laparotomy that revealed an ileo-ileal intussusception. Three days later, he underwent a new surgery for the reduction of a suspected inguinal hernia. A dark-red tubular structure consisting of splenic tissue was seen passing down through the processus vaginalis and attaching onto the left testicle. Owing to the rarity of the splenogonadal fusion, each case should be reported for a better knowledge of its etiopathogenesis, clinical characteristic and associations.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21345046 DOI: 10.3109/15513815.2010.524686
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fetal Pediatr Pathol ISSN: 1551-3815 Impact factor: 0.958