A case of microscopic testicular tumour.
A 34-year-old male was referred to us for further examination of gynaecomastia. Serum tests revealed high levels of alpha-foeto protein, human chorionic gonadotropin, oestradiol and prolactin. He had a history of testicular pain and mass, and had been under a local physician's care. With the physician's record of the course of regression we made a diagnosis of microscopic testicular tumour. Serial histopathological sections of the testis revealed a 0.8 mm lesion of chorionic and embryonal carcinoma. We discuss the course of spontaneous regression with a review of the literature.
Shoji
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Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kubota
Y
Y
Nakada
T
T
Sasagawa
I
I
Abe
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*