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Testis Sparing Surgery for Infantile Synchronous Bilateral Teratoma of the Testis
Author(s) -
Tasaki Yoshihisa,
Nakagawa Masayuki,
Hanada Toshikatsu,
Mimata Hiromitsu,
Nomura Yoshio
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00401.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orchiectomy , teratoma , ultrasonography , surgery , mature teratoma , radiology
We report a rare case of infantile synchronous bilateral testicular teratoma treated by testis sparing surgery. Preoperative ultrasonography, tumor marker status and intraoperative findings were suggestive of benign neoplasia. Under these circumstances we performed high orchiectomy for the left testis and testis sparing surgery for the right. Surgical treatment of teratoma in childhood is controversial, especially when it occurs bilaterally. In this report we discuss testis sparing surgery as the treatment for this disease.