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Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour

We read with interest the report of Koppad and colleagues in the Pan African Medical Journal describing a case of bilateral synchronous presentation of spermatocytic seminoma in an elderly Indian male. While we appreciate their efforts in documenting this rare presentation, we disagree with the repo...

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Autores principales: Kalakoti, Piyush, Sahu, Suman, Syed, Aarif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309648
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.248.4118
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description We read with interest the report of Koppad and colleagues in the Pan African Medical Journal describing a case of bilateral synchronous presentation of spermatocytic seminoma in an elderly Indian male. While we appreciate their efforts in documenting this rare presentation, we disagree with the reported figures as outlined in the report and wish to draw attention of the authors as well as the readers of the journal to the gross inaccuracies in the reported statistics. We present our data, following a comprehensive literature review, to unveil the magnitude of bilateral presentation (synchronous and sequential) of this unique variant of testicular tumor as reported in medical literature to facilitate dissemination of precise information on the topic.
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spelling pubmed-41898722014-10-10 Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour Kalakoti, Piyush Sahu, Suman Syed, Aarif Pan Afr Med J Reaction We read with interest the report of Koppad and colleagues in the Pan African Medical Journal describing a case of bilateral synchronous presentation of spermatocytic seminoma in an elderly Indian male. While we appreciate their efforts in documenting this rare presentation, we disagree with the reported figures as outlined in the report and wish to draw attention of the authors as well as the readers of the journal to the gross inaccuracies in the reported statistics. We present our data, following a comprehensive literature review, to unveil the magnitude of bilateral presentation (synchronous and sequential) of this unique variant of testicular tumor as reported in medical literature to facilitate dissemination of precise information on the topic. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4189872/ /pubmed/25309648 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.248.4118 Text en © Piyush Kalakoti et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title_full Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title_fullStr Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title_full_unstemmed Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title_short Reaction to Koppad SN et al. Bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
title_sort reaction to koppad sn et al. bilateral spermatocytic seminoma: an update on “synchronous” and “sequential” presentation of this rare variant of testicular tumour
topic Reaction
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309648
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.248.4118
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