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Published on: March 6, 2018
[Testicular microlithiasis and testicular cancer]
Manuel Angel Ortiz Gorraiz1, Soledad Buitrago Sivianes, Francisco Rodríguez Herrera
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España. mortig@fundacionhvn.org
Objective:
To check the possible relationship between testicular microlithiasis and testicular carcinoma in a patient in the one which previously we discovered a sonographic image of this condition. The etiopathogenesis, incidence and attitude are discussed.
Methods:
A 23-year-old male with a psychomotor retardation secondary to a chromosomopathy presented with orchitis. Scrotal ultrasound discovered testicular microlithiasis, described as many hyperechoic images. Thirteen months later a testicular cancer was found in a new ultrasound. Radical orchiectomy was performed. Currently the patient is under intense follow-up.
Results:
The histopathological study showed mature teratoma and intratubular germ cell neoplasm.
Conclusions:
The testicular microlithiasis has been related with benign and malignant testicular pathology. However, this presence it is not sufficiently clarified and the urologist's attitude to a patient with testicular microlithiasis but asymptomatic is not enough studied.
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