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an abdominal computed tomography scan without contrast showing an intra-abdominal mass lesion (yellow arrow) pushing the bladder caudally (red arrowhead) sized 13 x 9 cm; A) axial view; B) coronal view
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Abdominal computed tomography (CT) without contrast showed an intra-abdominal mass lesion measuring 13 x 12 x 9 cm in size and displacing the bladder caudally, with no evident lymph node metastasis or distant metastases (Figure 1).
an exploratory laparotomy with a lower midline incision revealing a right intra-abdominal testicular mass (note: star, pubis bone)
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Therapeutic interventions: exploratory laparotomy with a lower midline incision revealed the right intra-abdominal testicular mass (Figure 2).
macroscopic features; A) a testicular mass cut surface; B) a testicular mass with a size of 13 x 12 x 9 cm
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A testicular mass measuring 13 x 12 x 9 cm in size with a mass of 630 g was removed (Figure 3).
histological examination revealing seminoma of the testicle with A) a sheet-like pattern of clear cells with inflammatory cells and fibrous septae (arrow; H&E staining with 10x magnification) and; B) malignant tumor cells with large round nuclei that were generally monotonous, with coarse nuclear chromatin, prominent nucleoli, and partially clear and partially eosinophilic cytoplasm (arrow; H&E staining with 40x magnification)
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Neither capsular invasion nor vascularization was present (Figure 4).