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Giant Intraabdominal Seminoma: Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Raghavaiah N. V.,
Rao B. S.,
Reddy S. S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb06410.x
Subject(s) - medicine , seminoma , malignancy , general surgery , pathology , surgery , chemotherapy
Testicular tumours are uncommon. It is well known that an ectopic testis is more prone to malignancy. However, only relatively few cases of intraabdominal malignant testicular tumours have been recorded in the literature. In this communication, a report of an intraabdominal seminoma is presented both because of its rarity, and because to our knowledge it is the largest intraabdominal seminoma so far recorded.