Hardness of right testicle

The hardening of the right testicle may be caused by testicular cancer or the presence of stones. It is best to check the cause of the disease and avoid making hasty conclusions. The methods we use to check the hardening of the testicle include CT scan, B-ultrasound, etc., mainly to observe the changes in the various tissues of the testicle. If a tumor is found, it is necessary to cooperate with the doctor to perform surgery to remove the tumor.

If you feel the testicles are swollen and hard when you touch them, don't ignore it. The typical symptom of early testicular cancer is hard testicles on one side. As the disease progresses, 30% to 40% of patients will experience swelling or dull pain, and 10% of patients will experience severe pain due to bleeding, necrosis or acute epididymitis in the tumor. If it reaches the middle or late stage, there will also be symptoms of cancer metastasis such as coughing, hemoptysis, blurred vision, neck lumps, and back pain.

In summary, if you find that one side of the testicle is enlarged and hard as a rock, you should highly suspect the possibility of testicular cancer and need to check for tumor markers: For example, if the blood alpha-fetoprotein is elevated, it may indicate testicular embryonal carcinoma; an elevated AFP value indicates that the tumor is highly malignant and easy to metastasize. At the same time, B-ultrasound, CT and other imaging examinations should also be performed to understand the nature of the mass, whether there is lymph node enlargement, metastasis, etc.

Experts say that testicular cancer actually has many family members, mainly germ cell tumors and non-germ cell tumors. Germ cell tumors include seminoma, teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, and choriocarcinoma; non-germ cell tumors include gonadal stromal tumor, gonadal germ cell tumor, reticulotesticular adenoma, stromal tumor, carcinoid, and adrenal residual tumor. Among them, germ cell tumors account for more than 90% of testicular cancer.

Finally, the doctor would like to remind you that the cure rate of testicular cancer in the early stage can reach more than 90%, but only 50% in the late stage. Hardened testicles may be testicular cancer, so the best response policy is to find it in time and seek medical treatment in time to increase the probability of cure.