Laparoscopic signs of testicular absence
Roque Mir, C.; Fernández González, I.; Páramo de Santiago, P.; Garcia-Cuerpo, E.; Lovaco Castellano, F.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 46(3): 223-225
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 8512359 Document Number: 414502
Unlike the other exploratory techniques (US, arteriography, phlebography, CT and MRI), laparoscopy constitutes the only reliable diagnostic method for absent testis, which has a high incidence in children with non palpable testes. The finding of the blind-ending spermatic veins and deferent duct confirms the diagnosis of absent testis.
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