title: Testicular teratoma, mimicking a simple testicular cyst, in an infant.
abstract: Prepubertal testicular tumors are rare, and teratoma is the second most frequent histologic type. Its typical features are those of a hard and painless scrotal mass at clinical examination, and nonhomogeneous, echoic, often with calcifications at ultrasonography. Rare but reported is the atypical presentation as a transilluminating scrotal mass, due to the presence of some internal cystic areas, detectable at ultrasonography. We report the case of an infant with a transilluminating scrotal mass, mimicking at ultrasonography and surgery a simple, fully liquid cyst, which the pathologic examination revealed to be mature cystic testicular teratoma.
authors: G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti, Italy. dacia.direnzo@gmail.com
authors: Dacia
authors: D
authors: Di Renzo
authors: Antonello
authors: A
authors: Persico
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Sindici
authors: Pierluigi
authors: P
authors: Lelli Chiesa
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014172:Transillumination; D014463:Ultrasonography