title: Ruptured seminoma of undescended testis presenting as acute abdomen: case report with literature review.
abstract: We present a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with acute abdomen and was later diagnosed to be having ruptured intra-abdominal seminoma with hemoperitoneum, where the pre-operative diagnosis was not made. Laprotomy and complete excision were carried out. Rupture of intra-abdominal testicular seminoma is a rare cause of acute abdomen and hemoperitoneum. The pre-operative diagnosis is often difficult because history of cryptorchidism is not provided and imaging findings may be non-specific. In a male patient with acute abdomen and without previous history of orchidectomy, a testicular aetiology of acute abdomen should be kept as the differential diagnosis.
authors: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Medicine, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala), Haryana, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Singh
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bajaj
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kaur
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mishra
authors: Hk
authors: H
authors: Riar
keywords: Acute abdomen; Cryptorchidism; Intra-abdominal seminoma
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