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ArticleUrology annals

A case report of large testicular mass: An Eastern Province report from KSA.

Mohammed Mansour Alaskari, Islam A Bary Hassan, Talib Abdulaziz Aldakhil, Raihanah Saeed Al Khatem

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Article in Urology annals. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A giant testicular tumor requiring skin valvuloplasty.International cancer conference journal · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed Mansour AlaskariDepartment of Urology, Al-Qatif Central Hospital, Al-Qatif, Eastern Province, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Islam A Bary HassanDepartment of Urology, Al-Qatif Central Hospital, Al-Qatif, Eastern Province, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Talib Abdulaziz AldakhilDepartment of Urology, Al-Qatif Central Hospital, Al-Qatif, Eastern Province, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Raihanah Saeed Al KhatemDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Qatif Central Hospital · SAImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large testicular tumor is not a commonly seen entity in the modern era. While treatment of large testicular tumors is via inguinal radical orchiectomy, large testicular tumors carry the dilemma of delivering these large masses via the inguinal or scrotal approach. Here, we present a case of a 53-year-old male patient with a testicular tumor weighing 2.170 kg, measuring 22 cm × 16 cm × 12 cm, who was treated via inguinal orchiectomy with the extension of the surgical wound to the neck of the scrotum, with pathological report showing seminoma with no spermatic cord invasion. We review some case reports of such large tumors to illustrate this treatment dilemma.

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PMID37006219
PMCPMC10062520
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