Testis sparing surgery in a case of small unilateral testicular cancer.
A 22-year-old male presented at our institution with an incidentally ultrasound-detected testicular tumor. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a contrast-enhanced right intratesticular mass over 1 cm in size. The patient underwent testis sparing surgery. Pathologic examination revealed seminoma. A follow-up nine months later showed no residual tumor, a normal contour of the testis and no evidence of atrophy. Testis sparing surgery is an option for patients with small unilateral testicular tumors even in the presence of a healthy contralateral testis.
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey.
Hakkı
H
Uzun
Deparment of Radiology, Rize Education and Research Hospital, Rize, Turkey.
Sabri
S
Oğullar
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey.
İbrahim
İ
Şehitoğlu
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey.
Görkem
G
Akça
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey.
Orhan Ünal
OÜ
Zorba
Partial orchidectomy; testicular cancer; testis sparing surgery