title: [New case of an intra-abdominal testicular seminoma in an adult].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a new case of an Intra-abdominal Testicular Seminoma in an adult.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report a 30 year old patient with cryptochidism, that after consulting to the emergency service due to abdominal pain, was diagnosed an Intra-abdominal Testicular Seminoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of testicular cancer in cryptorchidic testis is 3 to 48 times higher than in general population. The existence of maldescended testis in adult population is rare in developed countries, due to the normal practice of elective orchidopexia in children under 2 years old and orchiectomy in maldecended testis in postpuberal pacients. In spite these measures of prevention, there are still isolated cases of Intra-abdominal testicular tumors in adults.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología del Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile y Hospital San José, Santiago, Chile. palmaceppi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cristián Palma
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cristóbal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maccioni
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018239:Seminoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery