Testicular tumor in Down syndrome

Testicular tumor in Down syndrome

A 33‐year‐old male patient with Down syndrome, who stayed in a welfare institution, visited our hospital due to left testicular enlargement. He was diagnosed as having a left testicular tumor and underwent radical inguinal orchiectomy.  Preoperatively, serum level of beta‐human chorionic gonadotroph...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of urology 2005-10, Vol.12 (10), p.925-927
Hauptverfasser: SUZUKI, KURI, NISHIMI, DAISUKE, YAGISHITA, TSUGUO, TAKANAMI, MASAHARU, HIRUTA, NOBUYUKI
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Down syndrome
Down Syndrome - complications
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Orchiectomy
seminoma
Seminoma - complications
Seminoma - pathology
Seminoma - surgery
Testicular Neoplasms - complications
Testicular Neoplasms - pathology
Testicular Neoplasms - surgery
testicular tumor
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Zusammenfassung:A 33‐year‐old male patient with Down syndrome, who stayed in a welfare institution, visited our hospital due to left testicular enlargement. He was diagnosed as having a left testicular tumor and underwent radical inguinal orchiectomy.  Preoperatively, serum level of beta‐human chorionic gonadotrophin (β‐HCG) increased to 0.9 ng/mL (normal range
ISSN:0919-8172
1442-2042
DOI:10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01174.x