CASE REPORT

Bilateral synchronous testicular germ cell tumours in a patient with bilateral cryptorchidism

P Kumar^I; R Kumar^I; S K Tiwary^I; A K Khanna^II

^IMS; Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
^IIMS, FACS; Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

ABSTRACT

Bilateral testicular tumours are rare, and 80% of bilateral tumours are metachronous. The incidence of testicular tumours is high in cryptorchidism. Synchronous bilateral testicular tumours are rare, and bilateral synchronous testicular tumours in bilateral cryptorchidism extremely rare, probably not reported previously.

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