2005
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(05)73364-7
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Quiste epidermoide testicular: una rara entidad de difícil diagnostico preoperatorio

Abstract: Intratesticular epidermoid cysts are rare tumours that constitute one percent of all testicular masses. They are bening lesions that make differential diagnosis from malignant testicular tumours difficult. The absence of serum markers elevation and ultrasound imaging could support these lesions being bening epidermoid cysts, and in that case, conservative surgery is adequate. We present the case of a 22 years old patient who complains of a left testicular mass. In this case ultrasound diagnosis was non-specifi… Show more

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“…At the histological level, they are composed of the same characteristics as those of the skin location. They are solitary lesions in the onset age of 20 - 40 years in white males [1]. Although in children, very rare cases have been published and even bilateral.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…At the histological level, they are composed of the same characteristics as those of the skin location. They are solitary lesions in the onset age of 20 - 40 years in white males [1]. Although in children, very rare cases have been published and even bilateral.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The clinical diagnosis of this tumor poses a major challenge because the clinical course is not different as how it behaves as a malignant tumor [1]. Ultrasound examination may facilitate the diagnosis because it has an onion-skin pattern, and laboratory data revealed normal in tumor markers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%