Hemangioma of the Testis in an Infant

Abstract

Testicular tumors in infants and children are rare and most of them are malignant. Embryonal carcinoma is the most common childhood neoplasm, while seminoma is predominantly found in adults. Hemangioma of the testis is an extremely rare tumor, only 2 cases having been reported in infants.

Testicular and paratesticular tumors and tumor-like lesions in the first 2 decades

“…[197][198][199][200] Based on a review of reported cases, they occur with about equal frequency in patients within the first 2 decades and those beyond 20 years of age. There is also an approximately equal distribution of cases between the first decade and the second.…”

Hemangioma of the Tunica albuginea testis

“…However, there is no certainty that these lesions cannot arise spontaneously as true neoplasms in children or adults [2], Only 5 cases of hemangioma of the testis have been recorded [1], Hemangioma arising from the tunica albuginea testis is even rarer, only one such case, with a pea-sized pedunculated tumor, has been described until now [3]. In our patient the large angiomatous tumor Case Report A 15-year-old boy was admitted with a swelling of the left testis which appeared 10 months earlier.…”