PURE EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA OF THE TESTIS IN AN ADULT MALE PATIENT: CASE REPORT
Sirin KUCUK1, Izzet Goker KUCUK2, Bulent MIZRAK1, Kurtulus ÖNGEL3
1 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Usak University, Usak, Turkey
2 Spec.Dr, Kemalöz Family Health Center, Uşak, Turkey
3 Department of Family Medicine, İKÇÜ Atatürk Educ. Res. Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
https://doi.org/10.52556/2587-3873.2021.1(88).03
Abstract. As a case presentation, the present paper aims to present a patient with pure embryonal carcinoma, which is rarely seen, together with the relevant literature. The case is a 36-year-old male patient, who applied to the clinic with complaints of pain and swelling in the left testis. In the scrotal doppler ul- trasonography, hypoechoic solid lesion contoured to the lobule almost filling the left testis and having the size of 25×60 mm were observed. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of the this case was diagnosed with pure embryonal carcinoma. All the patients with complaint of pain-free mass in testis should be investigated. Although the pure embryonal carcinoma is rarely seen, it is one of the tumors that can be clinically and histopathologically confused with other testis tumors and should be considered for the patients applying to the clinic with complaints of pain-free mass in testis. Keywords: Testis, embryonal carcinoma, orchiectomy, adult.