Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge
Abstract
SUMMARYTesticular maldescent is known to be associated with later development of malignancy.1 The maldescended testis is prone to other complications — in particular, torsion.1 We report an unusual coincidence of both malignancy and torsion of an intra‐abdominal testis which closely simulated a ruptured appendix abscess. This case demonstrates that an intra‐abdominal testis can develop acute life‐threatening complications which should be considered in any patient with acute abdominal symptoms who has an ‘absent’ testis.