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Presentation of Case

A 31-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of a testicular mass.

The patient had been well until three months before admission, when he noted bilateral testicular swelling that coincided with a two-week illness characterized by fever and cough. When the fever and cough resolved, the testicular swelling appeared to improve. One month later, while on a cruise, the patient had an upper respiratory tract infection associated with fever and cough, and again noted enlargement of his testes. He read It's Not about the Bike, by Lance Armstrong¹ while on the cruise, and became concerned about testicular cancer. Again, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

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Pathological Diagnosis

Discussion of Management

Source Information

From the Division of Hematology and Oncology (K.K.B.) and the Department of Pathology (R.P.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Departments of Medicine (K.K.B.) and Pathology (R.P.H.), Harvard Medical School.

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