Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1488-1489, October 1995

Infantile testicular cyst: Diagnosis and conservative surgical management☆☆☆

  • Samuel J Peretsman

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Samuel J. Peretsman, MD, Wilford Hall Medical Center/PSSU, 2200 Bergquist Dr, Suite 1, Lackland AFB, Texas 78236-5300.
    • ,
  • John D Maldazys

Department of Urology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX, USA.

Abstract 

The authors report on a 5-month-old boy who had a simple cyst of the testis and was treated by testis-sparing cyst excision. Preoperative ultrasonography was diagnostic of a simple cyst. The patient has been without recurrence for over 2 years, and examinations have shown a normal-size testis. A literature review showed only four cases of infantile simple cysts of the testis, only one of which was diagnosed preoperatively and treated by cyst excision. Four of the 5 reported cases (including ours) were diagnosed at 5 months of age. We recommend organ-preserving cyst excision in males under 1 year of age who are found to have an intratesticular lesion that is a simple cyst by ultrasound criteria.

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☆ This is a US government work. There are no restrictions on its use.

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PII: 0022-3468(95)90415-8

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1488-1489, October 1995

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