Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Testicular seminoma associated with torsion of the spermatic cord in two cryptorchid stallions.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1990
- Authors:
- Hunt, R J et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Medicine · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
Two adult stallions (male horses) experienced severe abdominal pain due to a twisted spermatic cord and cancerous testicles that were not in the right place. A veterinarian felt soft tissue lumps in the lower abdomen during a rectal exam. One stallion had surgery to remove the affected testicle and recovered well, while the other was put to sleep without any treatment. The cancer found in the testicles was identified as testicular seminoma (a type of tumor). Overall, one horse was treated successfully, while the other did not receive treatment.
Abstract
Two adult horses had colic attributable to spermatic cord torsion and strangulation of abdominally retained neoplastic testes. Both horses had caudal abdominal soft tissue masses palpable per rectum. One horse was treated successfully by surgical removal of the testis, and the other was euthanatized without treatment. Histopathologic diagnosis of the involved testes was testicular seminoma. Spermatic cord torsion of an abdominally retained testis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of signs of abdominal pain in cryptorchid stallions, especially those with a palpable caudal abdominal mass.
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