Loss of Testicle

Diseases of the Testicle

Chondrocarcinoma of the Testicle

This case has been brought forward for publication, partly because of its pathological rarity and partly on account of the interesting clinical history. The patient was a European, aged 29, single, and working in Calcutta. He was born and had lived an athletic life in one of the colonies till the age of 26, when he came to this city. In December 1894 he was struck by a cricket-ball on the right...

Epidermoid Cyst of the Testicle

We describe the case of a 13-year-old boy with testicular epidermoid cyst who presented with a painless testicular mass. Epidermoid cyst of the testis is a benign, non-teratomatous tumor. It is often possible to make the diagnosis preoperatively, combining typical sonographic features with normal biochemical tumor markers. Preoperative diagnosis will allow for testis-sparing surgery and prevent...

A treatment of undescended testicle in infancy.

This study is based upon the examination of 2,700 newborn boys. The original purpose was to find out how often the testicle was undescended at birth and what happened in such cases during the first few months of life. It is not difficult to feel the testicle of a newborn boy if it be lying outside the external inguinal ring. Examination may only become uncertain, and at times impossible, when t...

Supernumerary testicle in a case of polyorchidism.

INTRODUCTION The presence of more than 2 testicles is called polyorchidism. It is a rare anomaly. Less than 100 cases have been reported in the literature. CLINICAL PICTURE A 51-year-old man complained of a painless right groin lump for a year. Physical examination revealed a discrete ovoid non-tender, firm but mobile lump. No cough impulse was demonstrated. Sonography demonstrated a soft tis...