A regressed germ cell tumor discovered secondary to azoospermia

Autor: Hiroki Tsujioka, Keiichiro Uemura, Toshiyuki Iwahata, Yasuyuki Inoue, Minoru Inoue, Akiyoshi Osaka, Akinori Nakayama, Hiroshi Okada, Kazutaka Saito
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
Zdroj: IJU Case Reports, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 97-100 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2577-171X
DOI: 10.1002/iju5.12552
Popis: Introduction Regressed germ cell tumors are a rare disease commonly diagnosed with metastatic symptoms without local symptoms in the testis. Case presentation A 33‐year‐old man with azoospermia was referred to our hospital. His right testis was slightly swollen, and ultrasonography revealed hypoechogenicity of the right testis with decreased blood flow. Right high orchiectomy was performed. Pathologically, the seminiferous tubules were absent or highly atrophied with vitrification degeneration; however, no neoplastic lesion was confirmed. One‐month post‐surgery, the patient noticed a mass in the left supraclavicular fossa, of which a biopsy revealed seminoma. The patient was diagnosed with a regressed germ cell tumor and underwent systemic chemotherapy. Conclusion We reported the first case of a regressed germ cell tumor discovered due to complaints of azoospermia.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals