Negative testicular biopsy and asynchronous bilateral testicular germ cell tumour

E T Brackenbury; K M Grigor; M A McIntyre; G C Howard; T B Hargreave

doi:10.1159/000475252

Negative testicular biopsy and asynchronous bilateral testicular germ cell tumour

Eur Urol. 1994;25(1):79-81. doi: 10.1159/000475252.

Authors

E T Brackenbury¹, K M Grigor, M A McIntyre, G C Howard, T B Hargreave

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 8307082
DOI: 10.1159/000475252

Abstract

A case is described of a patient who was recently found to have a second primary testicular cancer 3 years after his first orchidectomy and negative contralateral testis biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy*
Germinoma / diagnosis*
Germinoma / pathology
Germinoma / surgery
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
Orchiectomy
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
Testicular Neoplasms / surgery
Testis / pathology*