A Patient Who Is Complaining of Heaviness in His Scrotum

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient who is complaining of heaviness in his scrotum has learned that his serum lactate dehydrogenase level is elevated. A single painless lump is palpated in the patient's scrotum. How would the nurse evaluate these results?

• A) The patient needs more diagnostic tests for testicular cancer.
• B) The patient has testicular cancer.
• C) The patient does not have testicular cancer.
• D) The patient has a spermatocele.

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