An American text-book of genito-urinary diseases, syphilis and diseases of the skin . ion of arrest of development,which accounts for these cases, falls beyond the scope of this treatise, and willconsequently not be here considered. There are varying degrees in thisarrest of development. When a testicle remains in the abdomen inside theinternal abdominal ring, it is spoken of as undescended testicle. When itremains in the inguinal canal, at the external ring or just without the exter-nal ring at the top of the scrotum, it is spoken of as a particdly descendedtesticle. It is very rare for a tes
An American text-book of genito-urinary diseases, syphilis and diseases of the skin . ion of arrest of development,which accounts for these cases, falls beyond the scope of this treatise, and willconsequently not be here considered. There are varying degrees in thisarrest of development. When a testicle remains in the abdomen inside theinternal abdominal ring, it is spoken of as undescended testicle. When itremains in the inguinal canal, at the external ring or just without the exter-nal ring at the top of the scrotum, it is spoken of as a particdly descendedtesticle. It is very rare for a testicle undescended at birth to descend after-ward. A testicle, however, partially descended at birth may in a short inter-val afterward work itself down into its proper position, especially if aided byartificial manipulation. Inguinal hernia often accompanies partial descent ofthe testicle. A misplaced testicle is one which, although it has descended, has notentered the scrotum, but forms a prominence in the perineum or at one sideof the scrotum in the inguinal fold (Figs. 65, 66).. Fig. 65.—Misplaced testicle (Pollard). Fig. 66.—Misplaced testicle, after operation (Pollard). Supernumerary testicles probably occur, since competent observershave reported such cases. Still, when an instance of supernumerary testicleis reported such a diagnosis can justly be regarded with some suspicion, sinceon careful investigation most of such cases prove to be wrongly diagnosed,the extra testicle turning out to be a cyst, a lipoma, or some morbid growth. When a testicle does not descend, but remains cither in the abdomen oringuinal canal, thus subjected constantly to outside pressure, it does not fullydevelop, but remains soft and incapable of secreting viable seminal a cryptorchid the penis does not fully develop, the hair on the pubes isscant and thin, and the general characteristics of such an individual are muchlike those of a eunuch who has lost his testicles at an early
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