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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786512
Case Report

Bilateral Synchronous Testicular Cancer with Discordant Histopathology: A Case Report

Mehmet Özen 
1   Department of Urology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
,
İrem Yazıcıoğlu
2   Department of Pathology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
,
Mustafa Koray Kırdağ
1   Department of Urology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
,
Mustafa Aydın
1   Department of Urology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
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Abstract

Bilateral testicular tumors account for 1 to 5% of all testicular tumors. Most bilateral tumors are observed metachronously. Synchronous tumors usually present with the similar histological pattern. Bilateral synchronous testicular tumors with discordant pathology are extremely rare. Only 56 cases have been documented since Bidard first described synchronous testicular tumors with discordant pathology in 1853. To our best knowledge, this study will be the 57th case in the literature.

Keywords

testicular tumor - radical orchiectomy - embryonal carcinoma - seminoma

Authors' Contributions

M.Ö. operated on the patient and wrote the first draft. İ.M.Y. examined the specimen and contributed to the pathologic details of the work. M.K.K. and M.A. organized the figures and tables, and edited the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript before submission.




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Article published online:
29 April 2024

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