Tumores testiculares na infância

Autor: Roni Leonardo Teixeira, Aírton Rossini, Neiva Pereira Paim
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
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Zdroj: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 85-89
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-4546
0100-6991
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-69912009000100015
Popis: Testicular and paratesticular prepuberal tumors are rare. They represent around 1% of the total of tumors of infancy. They subdivide in 2 groups: germ cells tumors and non germ cells tumors, being able to occur in all the ages, and about 75% are malignant, and about 19% of these they present metastasis. The tumors of germ cells tumors represent 60 75% of the tumors testiculars in infancy, having as main example the yolk sac tumor (65% of the neoplasms), followed for teratomas (14%); although some works to exist where teratoma, if presents as most common .The non germ cells tumors include the Leydig cell tumor and Sertoli cell tumor. The Leydig cell tumor, are most frequent between the non germ cells tumors testicular. This review article on epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of to testicular and to paratesticular tumors in child.
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