Seminoma arising in undescended testis clinically presenting as acute appendicitis.
A 48-year-old man with a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis on exploration was found to have a seminoma in an undescended pelvic testis. The tumor had directly invaded the retrocecal appendix, causing acute appendicitis. Such a highly unusual occurrence has not been described in the English literature.
Sarma
D P
DP
Weilbaecher
T G
TG
Hatem
A A
AA
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology