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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Spontaneous rupture of seminoma in undescended testis with hemoperitoneum: a rare presentation
  1. Deepak Kumar Diwakar1,
  2. Nikita Wadhwani2,
  3. Ravi Shekhar Pradhan1,
  4. Ravi Prakash Verma1
  1. 1 General Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  2. 2 General Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nikita Wadhwani, nikiw3012{at}gmail.com

Summary

Cryptorchidism is associated with increased risk of malignancy and infertility. We present a case of a 30-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department of our tertiary care hospital with spontaneous intra-abdominal rupture of the seminoma in undescended testis with hemoperitoneum. This is a rare presentation of seminoma and emphasises the importance of scrotal examination in young men presenting with acute abdomen. Surgical management is the definitive treatment and should be instituted as soon as possible, after appropriate resuscitation.

  • general surgery
  • urological cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224898

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DKD and NW: planning, drafting, conception and design of the manuscript. RSP and RPV: acquisition of the data and contributed to the development and design.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.