Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion

Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion

Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a type of primordial dwarfism. Only one case of testicular cancer in RSS has been reported, the pathology of which was nonseminoma. Here, we report a case of seminoma in a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with RSS at birth. The seminoma was diagnosed when the patien...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Funada, Ryosuke Ikeuchi, Toru Yoshida, Takehiko Segawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Urology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6017636
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spelling doaj-0b38377b17084853b3766d939ba0bbe02020-11-24T23:59:50ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782016-01-01201610.1155/2016/60176366017636Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular TorsionSatoshi Funada0Ryosuke Ikeuchi1Toru Yoshida2Takehiko Segawa3Department of Urology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Urology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Urology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Urology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, JapanRussell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a type of primordial dwarfism. Only one case of testicular cancer in RSS has been reported, the pathology of which was nonseminoma. Here, we report a case of seminoma in a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with RSS at birth. The seminoma was diagnosed when the patient presented with testicular torsion. This is the first report of testicular seminoma in an RSS patient in the literature. We also discussed the correlation between seminoma and RSS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6017636
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Ryosuke Ikeuchi
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Takehiko Segawa
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Ryosuke Ikeuchi
Toru Yoshida
Takehiko Segawa
Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
Case Reports in Urology
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Ryosuke Ikeuchi
Toru Yoshida
Takehiko Segawa
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title Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
title_short Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
title_full Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
title_fullStr Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
title_full_unstemmed Seminoma in a Man with Russell-Silver Syndrome Presenting with Testicular Torsion
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Urology
issn 2090-696X
2090-6978
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a type of primordial dwarfism. Only one case of testicular cancer in RSS has been reported, the pathology of which was nonseminoma. Here, we report a case of seminoma in a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with RSS at birth. The seminoma was diagnosed when the patient presented with testicular torsion. This is the first report of testicular seminoma in an RSS patient in the literature. We also discussed the correlation between seminoma and RSS.
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