Case Report
Review of the Literature: Organ of Giraldes Epididymal Appendage Presenting as a Painless Scrotal Mass in a 19-Year-Old Male—A Rare Urologic Entity
Table 1
Summary of studies describing testicular and epididymal appendages.
| Study | Incidence of appendages | Incidence after surgical exploration (acute scrotum) |
| Sahni et al., 1996 [3] | 20% | |
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Favorito et al., 2004 [2] | 14.5% in cryptorchidism 8.4% in control | |
| Van Glabeke et al., 1999 [4] | | 46% torsion of appendages |
| Puri and Boyd, 1976 [5] | | 22 cases |
| Khairi et al., 2007 [6] | | 20.5% torsion of appendages |
| Çavuşoglu et al., 2005 [7] | | 32.3% torsion of appendages |
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