Polyorchidism in a young Sprague-Dawley rat

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Obara, Ryo D. [1 ]
Kato, Yuki [1 ]
Asaoka, Yoshiji [1 ]
Fujisawa, Kae [1 ]
Kashiwagi, Emi [1 ]
Koyama, Kenji [1 ]
Mukai, Miho [1 ]
Tajiri, Minako [1 ]
Torii, Mikinori [1 ]
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[1] Shionogi & Co Ltd, Lab Drug Discovery & Dev, 3-1-1 Futaba Cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 5610825, Japan
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Key words: polyorchism; triorchism; supernumerary testes; congenital disease; developmental abnormality; gonadal anomaly; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY;
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Duplicate testes lined in series were observed in the right scrotum of a 6-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat in a single-dose toxicity study. Of the two right testicles, one was spherical and less than half the size of a normal testis. The other was oval-shaped, slightly smaller than a normal testis, and possessed clear, tortuous blood vessels similar to those of a normal testis. Each right testis was grossly separated but faced the intertesticular adipose tissue and was sparsely joined by thin cord-like structures. Only one epididymis covered or encompassed the two right testes. The caput epididymis was attached to the smaller spherical testis, whereas the cauda epididymis was attached to the oval testis. Histopathological examination revealed that the smaller spherical testis on the right side and the testis on the left side were normal. The oval-shaped testis on the right exhibited markedly dilated degenerative seminiferous tubules with one to two layers of Sertoli or germ cells, and almost no spermatogenesis was observed. Multinucleated germ cells were observed in the lumen of the degenerated seminiferous tubules. The right epididymis was morphologically normal and contained few sperm in the epididymal duct of the tail. The cord-like structures between duplicate testes comprised fibrous and adipose tissues. Single efferent ductules, ectopic cartilage, and skeletal muscle tissues were buried in the adipose tissue. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous polyorchidism in a rodent.
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