THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
Copyright © 1977 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.
GERALD R. SCHWARZ ABSTRACT
urinary human chorionic with chronic epididymitis in test was used in
and was confirmed on a second determination preoperative urine sp,2c1m:2n. This was ling evidence for a testicular tumor carcinoma. An orchiectomy was nc>,rt.-....-n, revealed chronic epididymitis. There was no evidence of tumor on 3 mm. sections
in such a to avoid or of such a since the presence of human chorionic in the male subject indicates tumor. 3 · 4 The usual source of human chorionic in male is in association with testis tumors. In a concentration this occurs most choriocarcinorn.a. A case of an apparent human chorionic test that was associated with m a with a :--,vu~~vw.
th.(:
urine specimen. In a subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin was u.v,"~'"H'·""'"'J""'"'A with positive at a level of 100 m.I.U. same unne Sermn was not preoperatively. tests for human chorionic activity (including beta human chorionic ruination on serum) were nPatnrp. 4 months after orchie(> tomy. The 1s m on testosterone evidence of tumor 20 months
CASE REPORT
with mass in the lower pole of included a left inguinal for left testicular non-descent.
n1an "".""'rm,,,,1,,,v"-,P""~h"""
ec,1su,,eu
fast stains were the removed testis was free of tumor for negative oost-Ofl2Illl8CWITIV determination
DISCUSSION
a son. revealed a firm non-tender rnass that obliterated the tail of the and was associated intimately with the testis. There was no µa,µ,,u,.e demarcation between the mass and the su1g-g,est;1ng that the lesion had its within the lower the testis. showed without bacteria and slight The was non-tender. A screening pregnancy test to attempt, in a non-invasive way, the mass in quest1cm. The result was .u.cccuuu,a,"vu
Copyright © 1977 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.
GERALD R. SCHWARZ ABSTRACT
urinary human chorionic with chronic epididymitis in test was used in
and was confirmed on a second determination preoperative urine sp,2c1m:2n. This was ling evidence for a testicular tumor carcinoma. An orchiectomy was nc>,rt.-....-n, revealed chronic epididymitis. There was no evidence of tumor on 3 mm. sections
in such a to avoid or of such a since the presence of human chorionic in the male subject indicates tumor. 3 · 4 The usual source of human chorionic in male is in association with testis tumors. In a concentration this occurs most choriocarcinorn.a. A case of an apparent human chorionic test that was associated with m a with a :--,vu~~vw.
th.(:
urine specimen. In a subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin was u.v,"~'"H'·""'"'J""'"'A with positive at a level of 100 m.I.U. same unne Sermn was not preoperatively. tests for human chorionic activity (including beta human chorionic ruination on serum) were nPatnrp. 4 months after orchie(> tomy. The 1s m on testosterone evidence of tumor 20 months
CASE REPORT
with mass in the lower pole of included a left inguinal for left testicular non-descent.
n1an "".""'rm,,,,1,,,v"-,P""~h"""
ec,1su,,eu
fast stains were the removed testis was free of tumor for negative oost-Ofl2Illl8CWITIV determination
DISCUSSION
a son. revealed a firm non-tender rnass that obliterated the tail of the and was associated intimately with the testis. There was no µa,µ,,u,.e demarcation between the mass and the su1g-g,est;1ng that the lesion had its within the lower the testis. showed without bacteria and slight The was non-tender. A screening pregnancy test to attempt, in a non-invasive way, the mass in quest1cm. The result was .u.cccuuu,a,"vu
