PARANEOPLASTIC RAYNAUDS-PHENOMENON

A testicular tumour could be diagnosed by the occurrence of a Raynaud' s phenomenon complicated by severe digital arteritis. The arteritis ra pidly regressed under prostacyclin therapy. Such vascular manifestatio ns are frequent in testicular carcinoma, but they usually develop afte r chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first case where they pr eceded the diagnosis and specific treatment of a tumour of the testis.