Intraabdominal hematoma following orchiectomy: a potential pitfall in using CT for staging of testicular cancer.
Internal bleeding in patients undergoing orchiectomy for a malignant testicular tumor can cause a dissecting hematoma in the retroperitoneum. This mass may have the clinical appearance of an iliac fossa mass and may simulate metastasis on computed tomography (CT). This condition was seen in four of 486 orchiectomy patients who underwent postoperative staging with CT. One patient is described in detail.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed