{"id":8936,"date":"2025-09-16T08:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:05:40","slug":"the-3550-g-challenge-an-atypical-presentation-of-a-3-5-kg-seminoma-manifesting-as-dry-skin-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2025\/09\/16\/the-3550-g-challenge-an-atypical-presentation-of-a-3-5-kg-seminoma-manifesting-as-dry-skin-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3,550 g Challenge: An Atypical Presentation of a 3.5 kg Seminoma Manifesting as Dry Skin (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Type of publication:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journal article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omorphos, Nicolas; Mohsin, Mohamed Shamil; *Mok, Spencer; Kitchen, Mark; Ho, Kuo J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cureus. 17(7):e87174, 2025 Jul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 43-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a seven-year history of progressive left-sided scrotal swelling. On examination, a large mass was palpable in the left hemiscrotum, accompanied by eczema-like skin changes and a decubitus ulcer. Tumor markers were significantly elevated, particularly lactate dehydrogenase, and an urgent ultrasound confirmed the presence of a testicular tumor. CT  revealed a scrotal mass originating from the left testis, along with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy. The patient underwent a left inguinal orchidectomy, and histopathological analysis confirmed a 3,550 g classical seminoma. He was subsequently referred to oncology for adjuvant chemotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DOI:<\/strong> 10.7759\/cureus.87174<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC12316077\/pdf\/cureus-0017-00000087174.pdf\">Link to full-text<\/a> [open access - no password required]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Altmetrics:<\/strong>\n<div class=\"altmetric-embed\" data-badge-details=\"right\" data-badge-type=\"medium-donut\" data-pmid=\"40755627\" data-hide-no-mentions=\"true\"><\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of publication: Journal article Author(s): Omorphos, Nicolas; Mohsin, Mohamed Shamil; *Mok, Spencer; Kitchen, Mark; Ho, Kuo J. Citation: Cureus. 17(7):e87174, 2025 Jul. Abstract: A 43-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a seven-year history of progressive left-sided scrotal<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2025\/09\/16\/the-3550-g-challenge-an-atypical-presentation-of-a-3-5-kg-seminoma-manifesting-as-dry-skin-2025\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 3,550 g Challenge: An Atypical Presentation of a 3.5 kg Seminoma Manifesting as Dry Skin (2025)<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1001,200],"tags":[1085,1002,353],"class_list":["post-8936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-access","category-staff-publication","tag-1085","tag-gold-open-access","tag-oncology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9813,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions\/9813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}