Germ cell testicular tumor with best prognosis, spermatocytic seminoma: a rare case report

Abstract

The spermatocytic seminoma is a different testicular germ cell neoplasm representing less than 1% of testicular cancers. It has distinctive clinical and pathological features when compared with classical seminoma. Diagnosis of spermatocytic seminoma is difficult, especially in elderly patients, due to its rare occurrence, lack of clinical presentation, and the difficulty of differential diagnosis with morphologically testicular lymphoma and classical seminoma. Here we present the clinical presentation, histopathologic features and prognosis of a spermatocytic seminoma case in the light of literature information.

Keywords

• Spermatocytic seminoma,testicular tumors,advanced age

En iyi prognozlu, spermatocytic seminomlu germ hücreli testis tümörü: nadir bir olgu sunumu

Abstract

Spermatocytic seminom, testiküler kanserlerin %1'inden azını temsil eden farklı bir testiküler germ hücreli neoplazmdır. Klasik seminomla karşılaştırıldığında belirgin klinik ve patolojik özelliklere sahiptir. Spermatocytic seminom tanısı, özellikle yaşlı hastalarda, nadir görülmesi, klinik prezentasyonun olmaması ve morfolojik testiküler lenfoma ve klasik seminom ile ayırıcı tanıda zorluğundan dolayı zordur. Burada literatür bilgileri ışığında bir spermatocytic seminom vakasının klinik prezentasyonu, histopatolojik özellikleri ve prognozunu sunuyoruz.

Keywords

• Spermatocytic seminom,testis tümörleri,ileri yaş

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