1970 Volume 61 Issue 6 Pages 600-610
We have experienced 22 cases of tumors of the testis during past 9 years from April, 1959 to March, 1968. A clinico-statistical study was made on these 22 cases of testicular tumors. The resuls obtained are as follows:
1. Incidence of testicular tumors: 0.23% (22 cases out of 9422 male out-patients). 2. The age of those cases ranged from 2 to 63 years old. 3. Affected sides of those cases: 9 cases on right side, 10 cases on left side and 2 cases on both side. One case was unknown. This case had a retroperitoneal tumor (Seminoma) and neither sides of testis were explained histologically to be a tumor. 4. Relationship of cryptorchidism: One case (4.5%) out of 22 cases. 5. Histopathology: Seminoma in 8 cases, Embryonal carcinoma in 4 cases, Teratoma benign in 3 cases, Teratocarcinoma in 2 cases, Rhabdomyosarcoma in 2 cases, Leucaemic infiltration in 2 cases and Neurofibroma in one case. 6. Treatment: 8 patients treated with orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy; 6 cases with orchidectomy, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and irradiation; 3 cases with chemotherapy; 2 cases with merely orchidectomy; one case with orchidectomy, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and chemotherapy; one case with orchidectomy, retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy, irradiation and chemotherapy; one case with orchidectomy and irradiation. 7. Prognosis: 7 cases out of 22 patients died in 2 months to one year. Histological diagnosis of these 7 cases was Seminoma (2 cases), Rhabdomyosarcoma (2 cases), Leucaemic infiltration (2 cases) and Teratocarcinoma (1 case).
