Meconium periorchitis

Testis and epididymis
Nonneoplastic testicular lesions
Meconium periorchitis

Author: Sean Williamson, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 7 April 2017, last major update December 2012

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Definition / general | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description

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Definition / general

Due to meconium peritonitis in fetal life (Hum Pathol 1986;17:807)
Meconium leaks from perforated viscus into peritoneum, through a patent processus vaginalis into scrotum
Patients present with testicular mass during infancy
Patients may have cystic fibrosis

Gross description

Yellowish green mass adherent to testis with multifocal dystrophic calcification

Microscopic (histologic) description

Pigment laden macrophages, myxoid stroma, squames, lanugo hair, calcification and mesothelial hyperplasia