Laparoscopic management of testicular
tumour in undescended intra-abdominal testis with torsion
Deep Goel, Sanjay Aggarwal, A.Sadana, C.S.Ramachandran
and Vijay Arora
Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Corresponding address: Deep Goel, Department of Surgery,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Hospital, Rajender Nagar, New Delhi, 110060,
India.
Tel.:+91-11-25735205-08;fax:+91-11-25751002;
Email: goel_deep@hotmail.com
Abstract
Testicular tumours occur more frequently in
an undescended testis than in anormally developed testis. Moreover,
they usually present as a palpable mass but occasionally they
can present with pain as a result of torsion. We present the case
of a 30-year-old male who was found to have a testicular tumour
which had developed in an intra-abdominal testis and presented
with pain as the main symptom. Based on clinical and radiological
data, orchidectomy was then carried out laparoscopically. Laparoscopy
is a very useful tool for accurate diagnosis and therapeutic surgery
in such cases resulting in quicker recovery than after open surgery.
Key words
Intra-abdominal testis; tumour; torsion; laparoscopy.
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