A rare case of giant teratocarcinoma of the testis with accumulation of fluid

Karolina Majewska; Wiktoria Zawolik; Aleksander Targoński; Michał Tkocz

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102057

A rare case of giant teratocarcinoma of the testis with accumulation of fluid

Urol Case Rep. 2022 Mar 17:43:102057. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102057. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Karolina Majewska¹, Wiktoria Zawolik¹, Aleksander Targoński¹, Michał Tkocz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, Plac Medyków 1, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland.

Abstract

Testicular cancer is one of the most curable cancers. However, the course of the disease largely depends on the clinical stage at diagnosis, and there are still cases where the tumor size is large, which makes surgical treatment challenging. A 30-year-old man presented with painless, extremely enlarged scrotum. A CT scan revealed a tumor of the right testis of 21.5 × 15 × 18cm in size. The patient underwent a right orchiectomy and histologic examination revealed teratocarcinoma. Suspicion of hydrocele testis should prompt meticulous differential diagnosis including malignancies. There is a strong need to increase public awareness in terms of symptoms of testicular cancer.

Keywords: Giant testicular tumor; Orchiectomy; Teratocarcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports