RESUMO
Secondary testicular tumours are uncommon and most originate from prostatic carcinoma. A retrospective study of the clinico-pathological features of prostatic carcinoma metastatic to the testes was conducted in the Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for the period June 1958 to January 1998. Metastatic prostatic carcinoma was seen in 1.4 percent of the 284 orchiectomy specimens examined. A brief review of the literature related to this entity was undertaken.(AU)
Assuntos
Idoso , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Carcinoma/secundário , Neoplasias Testiculares/secundário , Jamaica , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
A review of tumours of the testis and paratesticular region at the University Hospital of the West Indies over a 30-year period revealed 14 of the former and 22 of the latter. The testicular tumours were all malignant, with 50 per cent of them being germ-cell neoplasms. Seventeen of the 22 paratesticular tumours, (77.3 percent) were benign. The histological types, racial incidence and possible aetiological factors are discussed and compared with the findings of other series (AU)
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Humanos , Masculino , Lactente , Criança , Adolescente , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Testiculares/patologia , JamaicaRESUMO
A case of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma is described, the first example of this rare tumour to be reported from Trinidad. The recent use of a combined treatment regime with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis in this previously lethal tumour. At present, about 80 percent of the cases reported are alive and well after five years (AU)
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Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Rabdomiossarcoma/patologia , Neoplasias Testiculares/patologia , Trinidad e Tobago , PrognósticoRESUMO
Malignant tumours of the testis are reported to be rare in negroes. All cases reported in the records of the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Jamaica Cancer Registry over the period June 1958 to December 1976 were studied. There were 26 cases, giving a world standardised incidence of 0.40 per 100,000 per year. This incidence is higher than that seen in African negroes but lower than that of negroes in North America. The peak age incidence is a decade later that commonly seen in high incidence countries (AU).
