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Intraabdominal mass in adult men with unilateral UDT revealed as seminoma: A case report

Undescended testis is most common congenital malformation in boys. Most common location is inguinal canal but rarely it is found in intraabdominal. 10% of them will grow become mass if left untreated. This case report describes cases of men of 40s with unilateral UDT and not noticeable until they fe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sembiring, Muhamat Gozali Arief, Sihombing, Bungaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8385401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34466387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101806
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Sumario:Undescended testis is most common congenital malformation in boys. Most common location is inguinal canal but rarely it is found in intraabdominal. 10% of them will grow become mass if left untreated. This case report describes cases of men of 40s with unilateral UDT and not noticeable until they felt heavy and feel palpable mass in abdomen revealed as seminoma. He is sterile and not be able to reproduce. Chemotherapy was done and the response was remarkable. This case report reiterates the need for a scrotal examination in men presenting with an abdominal mass, so as to rule out an intra-abdominal seminoma.