Cryptorchidism

Fernando Heredia MD, Héctor Figueroa, MD

Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital “Guillermo Grant Benavente”, and Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción Chile.

These images were obtained during a routine third trimester ultrasound performed to a 38-year-old G3P2.

We observed a scrotum with only one testicle inside. We were not able to make the differential diagnosis between testicular agenesis and cryptorchidism.

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The last image shows the newborn´s genitals, and the circle shows the cryptorchidic testicle location.

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