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Horizontal position of testicle

MedGen UID:
1052724
•Concept ID:
CN377987
•
Finding
Synonym: Bell-clapper deformity
 
HPO: HP:6000839

Definition

The Bell Clapper deformity is one of the causes for the testicular torsion. In this condition, testis lacks a normal attachment to tunica vaginalis and hangs freely, causing it to sit horizontally rather than vertically in the scrotum. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHorizontal position of testicle

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Etiology

Varicocele and the horizontal testis: a change in position?
Coveney EC, Fitzgerald RJ
J Pediatr Surg 1994 Mar;29(3):452-3. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90590-8. PMID: 8201518

Diagnosis

"Anode heel effect" on patient dose in lumbar spine radiography.
Fung KK, Gilboy WB
Br J Radiol 2000 May;73(869):531-6. doi: 10.1259/bjr.73.869.10884750. PMID: 10884750
Varicocele and the horizontal testis: a change in position?
Coveney EC, Fitzgerald RJ
J Pediatr Surg 1994 Mar;29(3):452-3. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90590-8. PMID: 8201518

Prognosis

Varicocele and the horizontal testis: a change in position?
Coveney EC, Fitzgerald RJ
J Pediatr Surg 1994 Mar;29(3):452-3. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90590-8. PMID: 8201518

Clinical prediction guides

Varicocele and the horizontal testis: a change in position?
Coveney EC, Fitzgerald RJ
J Pediatr Surg 1994 Mar;29(3):452-3. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(94)90590-8. PMID: 8201518

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