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Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass
Supernumerary testis, also known as polyorchidism, is a condition characterized by the presence of more than two testes. Another condition of the testes is seminoma, a common cause of testicular germ cell tumor. A 35-year-old male was transferred to our hospital with a diagnosis of abdominal mass ca...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4529853 |
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author | Noroozian, Justin Farishta, Daniel Ballow, Daniel Sonstein, Joseph Orihuela, Eduardo Eyzaguirre, Eduardo |
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description | Supernumerary testis, also known as polyorchidism, is a condition characterized by the presence of more than two testes. Another condition of the testes is seminoma, a common cause of testicular germ cell tumor. A 35-year-old male was transferred to our hospital with a diagnosis of abdominal mass causing abdominal pain. On physical exam, he had a palpable undescended left testicle in the left inguinal canal, which was determined to be seminoma. The mass was surgically removed, and the patient underwent chemotherapy. The report discusses his workup, treatment, and outcome. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of supernumerary testis with the extra testis harboring a seminoma. When presented with a case of testicular cancer with no tumor noted in the palpable testes, malignancy in an extranumerary testicle should be considered in the differential. |
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spelling | pubmed-56717072017-12-03 Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass Noroozian, Justin Farishta, Daniel Ballow, Daniel Sonstein, Joseph Orihuela, Eduardo Eyzaguirre, Eduardo Case Rep Urol Case Report Supernumerary testis, also known as polyorchidism, is a condition characterized by the presence of more than two testes. Another condition of the testes is seminoma, a common cause of testicular germ cell tumor. A 35-year-old male was transferred to our hospital with a diagnosis of abdominal mass causing abdominal pain. On physical exam, he had a palpable undescended left testicle in the left inguinal canal, which was determined to be seminoma. The mass was surgically removed, and the patient underwent chemotherapy. The report discusses his workup, treatment, and outcome. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of supernumerary testis with the extra testis harboring a seminoma. When presented with a case of testicular cancer with no tumor noted in the palpable testes, malignancy in an extranumerary testicle should be considered in the differential. Hindawi 2017 2017-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5671707/ /pubmed/29201487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4529853 Text en Copyright © 2017 Justin Noroozian et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Noroozian, Justin Farishta, Daniel Ballow, Daniel Sonstein, Joseph Orihuela, Eduardo Eyzaguirre, Eduardo Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title | Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title_full | Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title_fullStr | Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title_short | Primary Malignancy in a Supernumerary Testicle Presenting as a Large Pelvic Mass |
title_sort | primary malignancy in a supernumerary testicle presenting as a large pelvic mass |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4529853 |
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