OBJECTIVES Testicular cancer is the most prevalent malignant neoplasm in young men. The key problem in screening for malignant testicular tumors and their main risk factors (undescended testes and testes which descended only after medical treatment) is to reach the target group of "young men". MATERIALS AND METHODS In five different military medical centers of German Armed Forces, 1600 young ...

The abdominal aorta and its major branches supply oxygenated blood to nearly all the organs in the abdominal cavity. During routine dissection (January 2009) of a middle aged male cadaver at Dr. PSIMS, Gannavaram, Krishna Dist. (INDIA), the following variations of branches of abdominal aorta were found. The coeliac trunk gave off three branches. The first branch was left inferior phrenic artery...

The judicious use of immunostains can be of significant diagnostic assistance in the interpretation of testicular neoplasms when the light microscopic features are ambiguous. A limited differential diagnosis by traditional morphology is required for the effective use of immunohistochemistry (IHC); otherwise, the inevitable occurrence of exceptions to anticipated patterns will lead to "immunocon...

BACKGROUND Teratomas are a spectrum of neoplasms that can undergo malignant transformation. In the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors, this entity was classified as «teratoma with somatic-type malignancy», was defined as a malignant neoplasm of non-germinal phenotype that originates in a teratoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS We present a serie of nine cases of testicular terat...

One hundred and one testicular tumours previously diagnosed as "teratoma" were examined and 93 of the patients were followed up. These neoplasm were assigned to one of three groups. Those compared exclusively of somatic tissues were the only tumours referred to as teratoma. The second group was exclusively extra embryonic and consisted of either yolk sac or choriocarcinoma. Neoplasms in the thi...

Abstract Background Adenomatoid tumor is a very rare benign neoplasm of mesothelial origin affecting mainly female and male genital tracts. The diagnosis challenging as this mimics many differential diagnoses. current literature offers only some case reports short series adenomatoid tumors. Case presentation A 47-year-old patient with unremarkable medical history presented for chronic mild pain...

BACKGROUND Scrotal schwannoma is a rare neoplasm and poses a diagnostic challenge to urologists. This article describes a rare case of ancient scrotal schwannoma and reviews the current modality of investigation and treatment of this tumour. CASE REPORT A 28 year old man presented with a 3-month history of an asymptomatic scrotal swelling. Ultrasonography and computer topography revealed an i...

The combination of platinum, vinblastine, and bleomycin was first used at Indiana University in 1974. Thirty of 47 patients (64%) survived for 5 years, and 27 (57%) are currently disease free (NED) and cured of their neoplasm. From 1976 to 1978, 78 consecutive patients were entered on a random prospective study that indicated that equal therapeutic results could be achieved with a lower dosage ...

Spermatocytic Seminoma (SS) is less common than the Classic variant, as its incidence ranges between 1.3% and 2.3% of all seminomas. Generally SS is diagnosed in men older than 50 years. The Anaplastic variant of Spermatocytic Seminoma is characterized by an earlier onset when compared to SS, but a benign behavior in spite of its histological patterns similar to Classic Seminoma. We reported th...