Testicle Tumor

Hang tough! Remember, most people over the age of 20 have tiny pulmonary nodules related to prior infection, so it's very reasonable to hope the CT findings are exactly that, especially since there were no *enlarged* para-aortic lymph nodes. If they are smaller or even stable in size and number, it's very very good news.

Either way, keep the spirit well fed, and enjoy!

Foxtrot, I understand you must be anxious as hell, and there's no getting around it. Many of these palpable lesions seen on ultrasound turn out to be benign, and even those that aren't are usually of a very, very treatable cell type (e.g., Lance A who had stage 4 metastatic disease), and only rarely (and usually in much older men) do these turn out to be resistant to treatment.

The other thing is urologists are very conservative, and they prefer taking out lesions that even look benign on US, mostly because you only need one to make hormones, and you can never be 100% certain something isn't malignant until the pathologists looks at it under the scope.

Anyway, get your rest, try to take it easy, and wait for results before getting too worked up - knowing the odds do favor you, both in terms of it being totally benign or a very treatable malignancy. Dr. Art

the small nodules inthe lungs are non-specific, statistically more likely related to prior infection than metastatic disease, especially if there were no enlarged lymph nodes near your kidneys (which is where testicular malignancies generally affect first).

Anyway, I am hopeful you got this thing beat already, 'cause even if the test turns out to be malignant, there's no real evidence of metastatic disease (though they would follow those tiny nodules just to make sure....

Gary - what kinda of medicine do you practice? Im a radiologist.

Foxtrot - you take it easy!

foxtrot: did you happen to get a CT scan, or are they waiting for the pathology?