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%
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