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Heterotopic adrenal tissue

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In a group of 102 adult patients operated upon for cryptorchism heterotopic adrenal tissue was found in two cases. In one case it was present in the inguinal canal and in another case it was situated at the border between the testicle and rete testis.

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  1. Department of Urology, Andrological Ward, 1st Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Czaplicki, L. Bablok, B. Kuzaka & Z. Janczewski

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Czaplicki, M., Bablok, L., Kuzaka, B. et al. Heterotopic adrenal tissue. International Urology and Nephrology 17, 177–181 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082491

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