Bilateral testicular tumors in an infant

Pediatr Surg Int. 1998 Jan;13(1):69-70. doi: 10.1007/s003830050249.

Abstract

A 7-month-old infant showed bilateral enlarged, nontender scrotal masses. The level of alpha-fetoprotein was greater than 10,000 ng/ml preoperatively; a high left inguinal orchiectomy was performed for a suspected yolk-sac tumor. The right testis was diagnosed as a mature teratoma because it was not possible to establish a line of cleavage between the tumor and the normal tissue, and a high right inguinal orchiectomy was performed. Only one case of bilateral testicular teratomas has been reported in the literature to date. We report a rare second case of bilateral testicular tumors, one a yolk-sac tumor and the other a teratoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endodermal Sinus Tumor / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Orchiectomy*
  • Teratoma / surgery*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*