title: Seminoma arising in undescended testis clinically presenting as acute appendicitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Weilbaecher
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hatem
mesh_terms: 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