Abstract
The combination of torsion of the spermatic cord with a new growth of the testicle seems so unusual as to warrant a report of this case. The search of the records of a few years, which were available to me, failed to reveal a report of this particular association of lesions, though, doubtless, it is not unique. The subsequent course of the case should also be of interest, for the patient was operated on sixty-one days after the first symptom referable to the tumor of the testicle, only the more acute symptoms of torsion, however, causing him to consult a physician. The bad prognosis of new growth of the testicle, we hope, will not apply to this case on account of its early radical treatment. Bulkley1gives a record of eight deaths within one year following operation for malignant disease of the testicle in fifteen cases, or 53⅓ per