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The newborn infant has a range of normal appearances which also embraces the external appearance of the genital region. Male neonates have a patent processus vaginalis in 90% of cases. This is a ...
In the case of the Utah teen, he had a condition known as patent processus vaginalis that he’d been suffering from since he was in the womb.
In the boy's case, his patent processus vaginalis only formed on his left side, with the right closing normally. This provided the internal pocket for his left testicle to pop into, in theory, as ...
Doctors believed it was apparent that the injury came as a result of the boy having a retractile testicle and a patent processus vaginalis, but they also said that it could simply have occurred as ...
This may be due to failure of the processus vaginalis to fully close (i.e. communicating hydrocele) or by the body’s inability to absorb the excess fluid before birth (i.e. simple hydrocele).
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