Urology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Page 592, March 2005

Bilateral testicular tumors in an infertile man previously treated with follicle-stimulating hormones

Department of Urology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 25 June 2004; accepted 14 September 2004.

Abstract 

A 43-year-old infertile man with oligozoospermia and normal serum gonadotropin and cytogenetic findings was treated with follicle-stimulating hormone for 1 year at our institution. Two years later, the patient presented with bilateral palpable testicular tumors. His beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and lactate dehydrogenase levels were elevated. Pathologic examination disclosed a pure seminoma in each testis (pT1N0M0). Adjuvant radiotherapy was administered. The tumors might have been induced by follicle-stimulating hormone treatment. Careful follow-up examination of the testis is necessary in men who have received hormonal treatment for infertility.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)01083-0

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2004.09.017

Urology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Page 592, March 2005

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