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[[Image:Gray1148.png|thumb|right|250px|Drawing showing the appendix of testis. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]]
'''Appendix of the testis''' is a benign structure of the [[testis]] that is a remnant of the Muellerian duct.<ref name=pmid8886956>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sahni | first1 = D. | last2 = Jit | first2 = I. | last3 = Joshi | first3 = K. | last4 = Sanjeev | first4 = . | title = Incidence and structure of the appendices of the testis and epididymis. | journal = J Anat | volume = 189 ( Pt 2) | issue =  | pages = 341-8 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8886956 }}</ref>

It is also known as '''hydatid of Morgagni'''.<ref name=pmid31550101/>

It should not be confused with the ''[[appendix of the epididymis]]''.

==General==
*Present in approximately 90% of individuals.<ref name=pmid23683670>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tostes | first1 = GD. | last2 = Costa | first2 = SF. | last3 = Carvalho | first3 = JP. | last4 = Costa | first4 = WS. | last5 = Sampaio | first5 = FJ. | last6 = Favorito | first6 = LA. | title = Structural analysis of testicular appendices in patients with cryptorchidism. | journal = Int Braz J Urol | volume = 39 | issue = 2 | pages = 240-7 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 23683670 }}</ref>
*May become torted.<ref name=pmid31550101>{{cite journal |authors=Pomajzl AJ, Leslie SW |title= Appendix Testes Torsion |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |date= |pmid=31550101 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid23683670/>
*Non-ciliated pseudostratified epithelium.

Image:
*[http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1677-55382013000200240&script=sci_arttext#f01 Appendix of testis - Figure 1A (scielo.br)].<ref name=pmid23683670/>

==See also==
*[[Testis]].
*[[Epididymis]].

==References==
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[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]