ArticleOncology letters2024
Two tumor types in a unilateral testis in a patient with severe oligozoospermia and a history of cryptorchidism surgery: A case report.
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Abstract
Testicular cancer, the most common cancer among young male adults, is associated with infertility. A 38-year-old male patient was admitted to Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Japan, with infertility associated with severe oligozoospermia. Scrotal ultrasonography revealed two distinct tumors in the left testis: A mass with abundant blood flow on the cranial side and a mass with poor blood flow on the caudal side. Additional analysis revealed mild elevation of intact human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels (tumor marker level assessment), high testosterone and low luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels (hormonal level assessment) and severe oligoasthenozoospermia (semen assessment). The preoperative diagnosis was left-sided testicular cancer and severe oligoasthenozoospermia and the patient underwent left high orchiectomy and oncological testicular sperm extraction. Based on the pathological assessment, the cranial tumor was diagnosed as a seminoma with syncytiotrophoblastic cells, whereas the caudal tumor had only scar tissue with germ cell neoplasia
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