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F W Hazebroek

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[Hernia inguinalis uteri in the male].

Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (also known as uterine inguinal hernia) is described and two cases are reported. In this rare type of male pseudohermaphroditism there is no disturbance of either primary or secondary external masculinization. Consequently, this anomaly is always diagnosed incidentally, generally at operation for cryptorchidism or inguinal hernia. In addition to bilateral normal testes, these patients possess a uterus with two uterine tubes. The persistence of the internal female genitalia is caused by the insufficiency of the MIF hormone (Müllerian Inhibiting Factor). Early orchiopexy is recommended. Removal of the female internal genitalia is seldom required.

Anti-Mullerian Hormone↗

Case report. Intra-uterine demonstration of bowel duplication by ultrasound.

In this case report a patient is presented, showing large sonolucent areas inside the fetal abdomen at 20 wk of gestation. Gastrointestinal (GI) tract obstruction was suspected. There was no polyhydramnios. After premature delivery the child showed marked abdominal distention, but stayed in good condition without signs of GI tract obstruction. At laparotomy, a 30 cm long, distended duplication of the terminal ileum was removed. Postoperative course was uneventful.

Adult↗

Microvascular surgical orchiopexy in the treatment of high-lying undescended testes.

Extensive laboratory experiments in animals have led us to believe that autotransplantation of the testis in the human is feasible. To date, nine of our patients (aged 4-13 years) with undescended intra-abdominal testes have undergone autotransplantation. Using a microvascular surgical technique to anastomose the testicular vessels to the inferior epigastric vessels, it has been possible to place the testis in a scrotal position in every case. No postoperative complications have been noted. Follow-up varied from 9 to 18 months and no atrophy of the testis was observed in this period. Doppler investigations on all of the transplanted testes continue to demonstrate good arterial flow. The aim of surgery on the undescended testis is not only to increase the chances of fertility and to diminish the possibility of malignant transformation but also, more importantly perhaps, to prevent possible abnormal psychosexual development in the child.

Adolescent↗

Pituitary-dependent Cushing disease and primary adrenocortical nodular dysplasia in childhood. Presentation of 4 cases.

Four patients with Cushing syndrome were followed for 1.5-12 years. The main clinical symptoms were marked growth retardation and truncal obesity. Two patients had pituitary-dependent Cushing disease, while the other two had primary adrenocortical nodular dysplasia. The treatment of choice of pituitary-dependent Cushing disease is transsphenoidal resection of the microadenoma while in primary adrenocortical nodular dysplasia bilateral adrenalectomy with subsequent steroid replacement is recommended. In our pre- or early pubertal patients catch-up growth occurred following surgical therapy and in all cases pubertal development proceeded normally.

Adenoma↗

Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the urogenital tract in childhood.

18 children, 12 boys and 6 girls, were treated in our hospital for rhabdomyosarcoma of the urogenital tract between 1970 and 1980. This period saw a gradual change in the therapeutic approach to this disease as new therapeutic modalities became available. 7 of the patients (39%) died of the disease which, in 5 of them, arose from the prostate. The surviving children have no evidence of recurrent disease, although 1 is still undergoing chemotherapy. Surgical intervention was always required. To date, chemotherapy alone, or in combination with radiation, has not sufficed in our management of rhabdomyosarcoma of the urogenital tract.

Adolescent↗