The Department of Andrology - Central Military Hospital 108 has received a special case. The male patient, born in 1991, was admitted to the hospital because his abdomen grew abnormally quickly, accompanied by a feeling of palpable stiffness in the lower abdomen. Notably, the patient did not have much pain, did not have a fever, so it is very easy to confuse it with other abdominal diseases.
Through examination, doctors discovered that one testicle was not testicular, thereby suspecting that the testicle was located in the abdominal cavity. The results of X-rays and in-depth tests determined: the patient had testicular cancer, the tumor was very large and had lymph node metastasis.
After many inter-specialty consultations, the patient was prescribed surgery to remove the entire tumor and drain lymph nodes, then continue chemotherapy according to the protocol.
Dr. Phan Le Nhat Long - Department of Andrology, Central Military Hospital 108 - said that this was a very complex surgery due to the large tumor, located deep in the abdomen and closely following many large blood vessels. Thanks to the coordination of many specialties, the surgery took place smoothly and the tumor was completely removed.
Testicles that do not go down the scrotum are a congenital defect. If not detected and treated early, testicles located in the abdominal cavity are at high risk of degeneration, infertility and especially cancer. When cancer occurs, the disease is often detected late, the tumor is large and easily metastasized, causing danger to life," said Dr. Phan Le Nhat Long.
Dr. Long recommends that men if they see abnormally large abdomen, prolonged abdominal pain or feel strange masses in the abdominal cavity, they need to see a doctor early. In particular, they should not ignore self-examining the scrotum and testicles, because this may be a sign of a discreet testicle and the risk of cancer.
