Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant

Cryptorchidism is a known predisposing factor for the development of testicular tumors in adults. Age of patient at the time of treatment of undescended testes has some bearing on the risk of neoplasia. Testicular neoplasia at the time of primary surgery for cryptorchidism has been reported rarely i...

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Autores principales: Zaka-ur-Rab, Atia, Zaka-ur-Rab, Zeeba, Akhtar, Kafil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/383241
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author Zaka-ur-Rab, Atia
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Akhtar, Kafil
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description Cryptorchidism is a known predisposing factor for the development of testicular tumors in adults. Age of patient at the time of treatment of undescended testes has some bearing on the risk of neoplasia. Testicular neoplasia at the time of primary surgery for cryptorchidism has been reported rarely in prepubertal period. We report a case where embryonal carcinoma was detected in a cryptorchid testis of an infant.
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spelling pubmed-44755212015-07-01 Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant Zaka-ur-Rab, Atia Zaka-ur-Rab, Zeeba Akhtar, Kafil Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Cryptorchidism is a known predisposing factor for the development of testicular tumors in adults. Age of patient at the time of treatment of undescended testes has some bearing on the risk of neoplasia. Testicular neoplasia at the time of primary surgery for cryptorchidism has been reported rarely in prepubertal period. We report a case where embryonal carcinoma was detected in a cryptorchid testis of an infant. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4475521/ /pubmed/26137335 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/383241 Text en Copyright © 2015 Atia Zaka-ur-Rab et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Zaka-ur-Rab, Atia
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Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title_full Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title_fullStr Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title_full_unstemmed Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title_short Embryonal Carcinoma in Cryptorchid Abdominal Testis of an Infant
title_sort embryonal carcinoma in cryptorchid abdominal testis of an infant
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/383241
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