PERSISTENT MULLERIAN DUCT STRUCTURES IN CRYPTORCHID MALE INFANTS - SURGICAL DILEMMAS

Persistent Müllerian duct structures were found in 3 male cryptorchid infants aged 10-12 mo, during correction of a unilateral inguinal hernia. Division of the vas deferens, hysterectomy and scrotal orchidopexy were carried out. The authors believe that in subjects with a persistent Müllerian duct syndrome, surgical placement of the testes into the scrotum should be performed. This is, as a rule, not possible without damage to the vas deferens which runs parallel and adheres closely to the surface of the uterus. © 1979.