The Sick Breast Lobe Has a Testicular Counterpart.

A 31-year-old patient underwent a left orchiectomy in 2012 for a pT1 mixed germ cell tumor, mainly consisting of seminoma, associated with extensive germ cell neoplasia in situ (GCNIS) in the residual surrounding parenchyma. In view of these findings, surveillance of the right testis by ultrasound was performed, which showed in October 2018 a lesion of 11 mm in the inferior and a lesion of 7 mm in the superior part of the testicular parenchyma. Intraoperative frozen section was performed on the lesions, showing that both consisted of pure seminoma. [...

Quand la vulnérabilité appelle le respect. Réflexion à partir d'une situation clinique

La relation médecin-patient est asymétrique : en effet, c’est le patient qui vient vers le médecin avec une demande, et le médecin est en situation de pouvoir et de savoir. Pour un patient vulnérable, présentant un handicap, le danger de voir bafouer son autonomie est d’autant plus grand