Paratesticular Hamartoma in an Infant

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AbstractThe benign paratesticular solid lesions havemore often been post-operative histological surprises. We report a rare case of hamartoma of paratesticular region. On inguinal exploration, lesion looked benign and it could be excised completely without opening the tunica. The mass haddisorganised mature tissue consisting of lipocytes, thick walled blood vessels, lymphoid follicles, nerve bundles and smooth muscle tissue, without neoplastic characteristics'. Any suspicious paratesticular lesion warrants an inguinal approach, as we did in our case, to prevent upstaging of the disease incase found to be malignant. However, since benign masses are more common a testicular sparing surgery is possible in a majority of cases.