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Cryptorchidism counseling

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[size=20px]A 13-year old boy is found to have a testicle in the left inguinal canal. The right testicle is normally descended and feels normal. He undergoes orchiopexy on the left side. In counseling the parents, which of the following is true regarding cryptorchidism and the risk of cancer?

 

A The boy has a 40 times greater risk of testicular cancer than the general population.

 

B The risk of cancer in the normally descended testicle and the undescended testicle is the same.

 

C Orchipexy at age six would have decreased the risk of cancer.

 

D The most likely cancer to form will be seminoma.

 

E The incidence of cancer in an intra-abdominal testicle and the one in the inguinal canal is the same.[/size]

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