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Ruptured Seminoma of Undescended Testis Presenting as Acute Abdomen: Case Report with Literature Review

We present a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with acute abdomen and was later diagnosed to be having ruptured intra-abdominal seminoma with hemoperitoneum, where the pre-operative diagnosis was not made. Laprotomy and complete excision were carried out. Rupture of intra-abdominal testicular...

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Autores principales: Singh, P, Bajaj, K, Kaur, R, Mishra, A, Riar, HK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634342
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.109467
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Sumario:We present a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with acute abdomen and was later diagnosed to be having ruptured intra-abdominal seminoma with hemoperitoneum, where the pre-operative diagnosis was not made. Laprotomy and complete excision were carried out. Rupture of intra-abdominal testicular seminoma is a rare cause of acute abdomen and hemoperitoneum. The pre-operative diagnosis is often difficult because history of cryptorchidism is not provided and imaging findings may be non-specific. In a male patient with acute abdomen and without previous history of orchidectomy, a testicular aetiology of acute abdomen should be kept as the differential diagnosis.