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[Cryptorchism and testicular cancer]
E Carmona Campos1, J C Regueiro López, R Prieto Castro
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Regional Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba.
Objective:
This report insists on the higher risk of testicular cancer in cryptorchidism and indicates the more adequate management of this pathology.
Methods/Results:
We report a 27 years old patient with history of cryptorchidism, diagnosed of abdominal tumor in urgency. This tumor was a seminoma in intrapelvic testicle.
Conclusions:
The risk of developing testicular cancer in cryptorchidism is 3 to 10 times greater than in a patient with normally descended testes, and orchiopexy does not prevent the risk of malignancy. We underscore the need to follow these patients closely and recommend the orchiectomy in postpubertal patients.