introduction: Seminoma comprises ~50% of testicular germ cell tumors. Renal metastases are infrequent and are usually diagnosed at necropsy. Clinical case: A 24-year-old male with a history of left radical orchiectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy due to classic seminoma (stage I) showed elevated levels of b-human chorionic gonadotropin and lactate dehydrogenase during the 11-month follow-up. Compu...

BACKGROUND GOLPH2 (Golgi phosphoprotein 2) is a novel Golgi membrane protein. Despite its unknown physiologic function, however, it has been proposed as a biomarker for hepatocellular and prostate carcinoma due to its upregulation in those cancer entities. Whether the overexpression of GOLPH2 is tumour specific or a generic parameter of malignancy and whether this finding is true for additional...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory pseudotumour refers to a non-malignant tumour-like mass resulting from an inflammatory reaction that is composed of granulation tissue with leukocyte infiltration that commonly occurs in the paediatric or young adult population. These tumours occur more commonly in the lungs and the orbit but rarely does it affect the gastrointestinal tract. It poses a clinical diagnosti...

MUKADA, T., ANDOR, N. and SASANO, N. Tumor of the Testis: An Attempt of Histological Classification According to WHO Guide Line. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1981, 134 (4), 367-373 Testicular tumor in Japan is one of the evil neoplasms which have increased in incidence rate in recent years. In order to provide the basic data for the clinicopathological and epidemiological studies on testicular tumors, ...

Our initial studies with cisplatin + vinblastine + bleomycin began 27 years ago in 1974, changing the cure rate for disseminated disease from 5 to 60%. Subsequently, through random prospective clinical trials, we have modified the treatment regimen to reduce both the duration and dosages of the chemotherapy drugs. Cisplatin + etoposide was first used at Indiana University as salvage chemotherap...

Capillary hemangiomas of the testis are extremly rare tumors. We reported a case of intratesticular hemangioma, unusually localisation of this vascular benign neoplasm. The patient was 12 year old boy, with hydrocele and a palpabile testicular mass. Scrotal sonography revealed varicocele and hydrocele in the left scrotal sac. There was a solid hypoechogenic zone 5 mm in diameter in the left tes...

INTRODUCTION Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare plasma cell neoplasm. Plasmacytomas are most commonly found in the head and neck region, but can occur in many other locations. They rarely occur in the testis, and are commonly associated with concurrent multiple myeloma at the time of diagnosis. Isolated plasmacytoma of the testis is exceedingly rare, with few cases reported in the literature...

The testes develop in the abdomen and descend during the third trimester into the scrotum. The testicle can be arrested anywhere during its descent or it can migrate into an abnormal position. Undescended testis, otherwise known as cryptorchidism, is a welldescribed disorder with a spectrum of complications ranging from torsion to necrosis, infertility, and atrophy. The risk of developing testi...

BACKGROUND There has been a steep increase in the incidence of adult testicular cancer in many populations, but in spite of numerous studies, the etiology of testicular cancer remains elusive. The time trends of childhood testicular tumors are less clear and have been studied in a few populations. To further evaluate whether or not adult and childhood cancers share trend determinants and whethe...