title: Bilateral testicular tumors in an infant.
abstract: A 7-month-old infant showed bilateral enlarged, nontender scrotal masses. The level of alpha-fetoprotein was greater than 10,000 ng/ml preoperatively; a high left inguinal orchiectomy was performed for a suspected yolk-sac tumor. The right testis was diagnosed as a mature teratoma because it was not possible to establish a line of cleavage between the tumor and the normal tissue, and a high right inguinal orchiectomy was performed. Only one case of bilateral testicular teratomas has been reported in the literature to date. We report a rare second case of bilateral testicular tumors, one a yolk-sac tumor and the other a teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung Medical College, #5, Tu-Hsing Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33332, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*