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[Bilateral synchronic testicular tumour of different histology]
Pedro Carrión López1, Héctor Pastor Navarro, José Miguel Giménez Bachs
1Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario de Albacete, Albacete, España. pedrocarrion1980@hotmail.com
Objective:
To report one case of bilateral synchronic germ cell testicular tumour of different histology.
Methods/Results:
37 year-old patient with left testicular tumor under study was found to have a contralateral synchronic testicular tumor on ultrasound. Bilateral inguinal orchiectomy was performed and pathology reported the presence of bilateral testicular tumours of different histological type.
Conclusions:
Around 75% of the cases of bilateral testicular tumours are metachronic, with only 10% presenting different histology. Histological type often correlates with the ultrasound findings, and the treatment of choice in patients with this type of oncological pathology is bilateral inguinal orchiectomy.
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