Abstract

CASTILLO GARCIA, Idelma et al. Tumor of the testicle masked by an orchiepididymitis.: a case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.3, pp.44-49. ISSN 1561-3194.

A 26 year-old male, Caucasian patient came to the Urology Clinic at "Abel Santamaria Cuadrado" University Hospital in Pinar del Rio, complaining of a pain in the right testicle and an increase in its volume during two years of evolution approximately; the patient was treated several times having the diagnosis of orchiepididymitis, and underwent antibiotic therapy (ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin) without response, the patient was re-evaluated; physical examination corroborated an increase in the volume of the right testicle finding a tender, firm and irregular tumor of 2 cm approximately located in the anterior face and half-inferior part of such testicle. Laboratory tests showed normal ranges, the sonographic studies described a tumor of low echogenicity in correspondence with the suspected tumor in the testicle; surgical removal and biopsy were performed (right orchiectomy with upper ligature of the cord); which resulted in a classic seminoma, currently asymptomatic.

Keywords : NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA; diagnosis.

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