Rare Presentation of Intra-Abdominal Testicular Mass: A Case Report

Dr. Govind K Purushothaman, Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Dr. K K Acharya, Dr. Aditya Tripathi, Dr. Abid Raval

Abstract: The most common site of undescended testes are high scrotal, canalicular, abdominal and bilateral cryptorchidism. The most common congenital anomaly of genitor-urinary tract in male is encountered in 1 % of boys. In cryptorchid testicles the incidence of testicular cancer is considered to be 3- 48 times greater than general population. Due to measures of the prevention in force, it is uncommon yto find case of tumor in intra-abdominal testicles. An abdominal testis is 4 times more likely to undergo malignant degeneration than an inguinal testis. The cancer of undescended testis usually are picked up in 3rd and 4th decade of life. In this case, we present a rare case of an adult patient with a huge intra-abdominal testicular tumor.

Keywords: Cryptorchidism, Testicular cancer, Seminoma, Ectopic Testis, Orchidectomy, Orchidopexy