Positive hydrocele cytology accompanying testis seminoma.
Accurate palpation of the testis may be obscured by the presence of a hydrocele. Analysis of hydrocele fluid is seldom reported. We describe the cytologic demonstration of malignant cells within a hydrocele accompanying testicular seminoma. Although this connection is not unexpected, it is only rarely documented.
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Division of Urology, Denver General Hospital, Colorado.
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D000328:Adult; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*