1986 Volume 77 Issue 11 Pages 1874-1878
This is a case report of a carcinoid tumor which developed in the right testis. The patient was a 50-year-old male who had a chief complaint of a painful scrotal swelling of 14-month duration. Right radical orchiectomy was performed under a diagnosis of testicular tumor. Subsequently pathological diagnosis was established as carcinoid tumor of the testis, which was also confirmed by the tissue level of 5-HT (serotonin). X-ray study and hormonal blood tests could not demonstrate any other tumors anywhere else; therefore, clinically the diagnosis of a primary carcinoid tumor of the right testis was established.
Our present case is the 38th case of primary carcinoid tumor of the testis reported in the English literature and the 4th case in the Japanese literature.
