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07/21/XX

31-year-old male with painless progressive enlargement of L testicle. No GI or GU symptoms. Exam showed large L testicular mass firm and suspicious for malignancy. Remainder of exam normal. Family history positive for father with testicular cancer in his 30s.

07/22/XX

Scrotal sonography: marked enlargement and decreased attenuation of L testis, c/w malignancy.

07/22/XX

CT chest/abd/pelvis: Two enlarged retroperitoneal nodes (2cm) seen, suspicious for metastasis.

08/04/XX

PET scan: subtle increased activity anterior to the lumbar spine correlating with lymph node involvement seen on CT. Increased activity is also seen along the course of the L spermatic cord.

07/23/XX

AFP = 2.7 (< 9.0 ng/ml). B-hCG = <2 (< 5 mIU/ml). LDH 134 (100-200 U/L). Chart notes tumor markers all unremarkable.

07/23/XX

L orchiectomy: seminoma 5 cm. No extracapsular extension seen. Intralymphatic tumor in proximal spermatic cord sections. No tumor seen in spermatic margin of resection.

07/23/XX

Surgery: L radical orchiectomy.

08/24/XX

Radiation: Beam radiation started to pelvis plus periaortic nodes and involved lymph nodes.