LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF INTRAABDOMINAL TESTICULAR-TUMOR

Intra-abdominal testicular neoplasms are difficult: to diagnose, with open surgical exploration and excision the traditional mode of therapy . We report a patient with an intra-abdominal seminoma resected laparo scopically. In patients who present without Evidence of retroperitonea l adenopathy, laparoscopy can be used for diagnosis, and with minimall y invasive surgical techniques, to resect these tumors. (C) 1998, Else vier Science Inc. All rights reserved.