epididymis????

[michael1988]

can you get cancer in your epididymis or does it always start on the face of the testicle? thank you

[michael1988]

any info would be highly appreciated thank you

[dadmo]

michael:
You certainly can get cancer of the epididymis but I can't think of one person who has come to this site and had that as a problem. What are your symptoms?

[michael1988]

just a lump in the head of my epididymis doctor is sending me for ultrasound and he says it feels like a cyst

[dadmo]

That's great. I can't even begin to tell you how many doctors don't take that extra step of sending for an ultrasound. Let us know what you find, but relax you're going to be ok.

[drom]

I have the same thing as you Michael and it is nothing. My doctor sent me for an ultrasound and everything was okay.

Of course I found all this while my son going through chemo, can you stay stress?

Take a deep breath, all will be well.

Domenic

[michael1988]

my doctor told me that its is very very rare for cancer to begin in the epididymis and the it always begins on the actual testicle itself. is this right? just need a second opinion. thanks

[srini]

Hi

michael1988,

I have exactly same thing, a lump in head of epididymis on my right side, I was going to wait as my doctor suggested but the I had to go to ER for severe pain a month ago. My doctor gave me two options to wait for few months and see what happens or go for inlingual exploration (going tomorrow) and he is going to do some test once he takes out the testicle and see if it is good or bad, if it is bad he is going to go for Orchiectomy. Eventhough I do not have severe pain any more, I have dull pain in my right testicle and my back. Hope that helps.

Regards,
Srini

[michael1988]

so is it TC or just a cyst?

[srini]

Hi

I Had surgery, my tumor was benign , Doc removed the tumor and put back my testicle as the tumor was not on testicle.

[kfo9494]

This is not to alarm you or anyone- and I do not have all the correct saying for all the doctors told me when I first had swelling in the testical area. ( of course I let it go about five months till the pain actually started hurting and not that dull pain)
When I first went to the doctor about pain and swelling they did a ultasound and it came back as an infection to the epididymis called some like epididymision (sp) and he gave me anti-biotics and pain medicine and sent me home. About three months later another round of antibiotics and pain medicine this time high doses since he said that the testical area is difficult to get rid of infections.
Well the pain went away but the swelling continued. When the pain came back about another four months later is when they did another ultrasound. Two days later I was at work when my doctor called and that afternoon I was getting my left testical removed because it contained cancer.
Because I did not seek another opinion when I knew something was wrong -plus my stubborn attitude - it cost me four rounds of Chemo.
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Not saying this to alarm but I may have been spared terrible chemo if I had seeked another opinion. Make sure you keep on top of any lump or the smallest pain in your testical region. Wish I had!

[sean3873]

I just met with the oncologist today, 2 weeks after my right I/O. They told me that my case was very unusual in that the cancer appeared to have began on the epididymis and actually grew into the testicle. Thankfully it was only stage 1 seminoma and now I'm having to decide whether to do 1 or 2 rounds of chemo or surveillence. I'm not telling anyone this to make them paranoid, but just to make them aware, that while it is pretty rare, getting cancer in the epididymis can happen.

And not to sound like an infomercial, but that's why it's VERY important to check yourself regularly and don't hesistate to go to the doctor if you feel something unusual.