[Malignant tumor of the testicle and trauma: correlative evaluation (author's transl)]

1. There is no causal relationship between mechanical trauma and testicular tumor. 2. Only a traumatically related enlargement of the tumorous area can be acknowledged as aggravation of an existing testicular tumor. This is true also only when an infiltration from the scrotum and epididymis can definitely be diagnosed as metastases from the corresponding first lymph node stage. 3. With an existing testicular tumor, the release of metastases through a mechanical trauma cannot be ruled out. 4. There is no justification for the use of the term "pontine symptoms (Brückensymptome)" in a correlative evaluation of the relationship between trauma and testicular tumor.