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==Differentiating Testicular cancer from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Testicular cancer from other Diseases==
Testicular cancer must be differentiated from:
Abbreviations:
 
AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein, B-hCG: Beta-Human chorionic gonadotropin, P-ALP: Placental- Alkalin phosphatase,
 
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! rowspan="3" |Benign/ Malignant
! rowspan="3" |Benign/ Malignant
! rowspan="3" |Unilateral/Bilateral
! rowspan="3" |Unilateral/Bilateral
! rowspan="3" |History
! rowspan="3" |History/demography
! rowspan="3" |Demography
! rowspan="3" |Metastasis
! rowspan="3" |Metastasis
! rowspan="3" |Genetics
! rowspan="3" |Genetics
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! colspan="15" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Germ Cell tumors
! colspan="14" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Germ Cell tumors
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Seminoma]]<ref name="pmid26742998">{{cite journal| author=Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A| title=Cancer statistics, 2016. | journal=CA Cancer J Clin | year= 2016 | volume= 66 | issue= 1 | pages= 7-30 | pmid=26742998 | doi=10.3322/caac.21332 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26742998  }}</ref><ref name="pmid9930796">{{cite journal| author=Miller FH, Whitney WS, Fitzgerald SW, Miller EI| title=Seminomas complicating undescended intraabdominal testes in patients with prior negative findings from surgical exploration. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1999 | volume= 172 | issue= 2 | pages= 425-8 | pmid=9930796 | doi=10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930796 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9930796  }}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Seminoma]]<ref name="pmid26742998">{{cite journal| author=Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A| title=Cancer statistics, 2016. | journal=CA Cancer J Clin | year= 2016 | volume= 66 | issue= 1 | pages= 7-30 | pmid=26742998 | doi=10.3322/caac.21332 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26742998  }}</ref><ref name="pmid9930796">{{cite journal| author=Miller FH, Whitney WS, Fitzgerald SW, Miller EI| title=Seminomas complicating undescended intraabdominal testes in patients with prior negative findings from surgical exploration. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1999 | volume= 172 | issue= 2 | pages= 425-8 | pmid=9930796 | doi=10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930796 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9930796  }}</ref>
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* [[Cryptorchidism]]
* [[Cryptorchidism]]
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* Most common among [[age]] of 15-35 years old
* Most common among [[age]] of 15-35 years old
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* [[Hemorrhagic]] [[mass]] with [[necrosis]]
* [[Hemorrhagic]] [[mass]] with [[necrosis]]
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* [[Rare]] type
* [[Rare]] type
* Peak [[incidence]] at the [[age]] of 30 years old
* Peak [[incidence]] at the [[age]] of 30 years old
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* [[Abdominal pain]] may be present
* [[Abdominal pain]] may be present
* [[Metastatic]] findings
* [[Metastatic]] findings
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |N/A
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* Known as a [[endodermal sinus tumor]]
* Known as a [[endodermal sinus tumor]]
* [[undescended testes]] in youth
* [[undescended testes]] in youth
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* Most common prepubertal [[testicular cancer]] in children < 3 years of [[age]]
* Most common prepubertal [[testicular cancer]] in children < 3 years of [[age]]
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* Unilateral
* Unilateral
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* May present in both prepubertal and adult men
 
* [[Benign]] form in [[children]] under 4 years oldCongenital disease such as:
* [[Klinefelter's Syndrome|Klinefelter's syndrome]]
* [[Klinefelter's Syndrome|Klinefelter's syndrome]]
* [[Down syndrome]]
* [[Down syndrome]]


* [[Spina Bifida|Spina bifida]]
* [[Spina Bifida|Spina bifida]]
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* May present in both prepubertal and adult men
* [[Benign]] form in [[children]] under 4 years old
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* Uncommon in [[benign]] ones among prepubertal men
* Uncommon in [[benign]] ones among prepubertal men
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* [[cryptorchidism]]
* [[cryptorchidism]]
* Abdominal [[undescended testes]]
* Abdominal [[undescended testes]]
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* Most aggressive type
* Most aggressive type
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* Two or more [[germ cell tumors]] present as a single mass
* Two or more [[germ cell tumors]] present as a single mass
* Depends on underlying components
* Depends on underlying components
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* [[Average]] [[age]] about 30 years old
* [[Average]] [[age]] about 30 years old
* Rare in prepubertal [[age]]
* Rare in prepubertal [[age]]
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* Previous [[testicular cancer]]
* Previous [[testicular cancer]]
* [[Abnormal]] [[sexual differentiation]]
* [[Abnormal]] [[sexual differentiation]]
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* A [[precursor]] of most [[testicular]] [[germ cell tumors]]
* A [[precursor]] of most [[testicular]] [[germ cell tumors]]
* Adjacent to a other [[testicular]] [[germ cell tumors]] > 90% of all
* Adjacent to a other [[testicular]] [[germ cell tumors]] > 90% of all
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! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Benign/ Malignant
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Unilateral/Bilateral
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Unilateral/Bilateral
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |History
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |History/Demography
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Demography
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Metastasis
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Metastasis
! style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |Genetics
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! colspan="15" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | |Non-germ cell tumors
! colspan="14" style="background: #4479BA; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |<nowiki> |Non-germ cell tumors</nowiki>
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Leydig cell tumor]]<ref name="pmid9808128">{{cite journal| author=Cheville JC, Sebo TJ, Lager DJ, Bostwick DG, Farrow GM| title=Leydig cell tumor of the testis: a clinicopathologic, DNA content, and MIB-1 comparison of nonmetastasizing and metastasizing tumors. | journal=Am J Surg Pathol | year= 1998 | volume= 22 | issue= 11 | pages= 1361-7 | pmid=9808128 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9808128  }}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Leydig cell tumor]]<ref name="pmid9808128">{{cite journal| author=Cheville JC, Sebo TJ, Lager DJ, Bostwick DG, Farrow GM| title=Leydig cell tumor of the testis: a clinicopathologic, DNA content, and MIB-1 comparison of nonmetastasizing and metastasizing tumors. | journal=Am J Surg Pathol | year= 1998 | volume= 22 | issue= 11 | pages= 1361-7 | pmid=9808128 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9808128  }}</ref>
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* Based on large size, [[vascular]] [[invasion]], and [[mitotic]] activity classify into [[benign]] / [[malignant]]
* Based on large size, [[vascular]] [[invasion]], and [[mitotic]] activity classify into [[benign]] / [[malignant]]
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* Bimodal [[age]] distribution in both adults and [[children]]
* Bimodal [[age]] distribution in both adults and [[children]]
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* Uncommon [[metastasis]]
* Uncommon [[metastasis]]
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* Classified as large cell calcifying or sclerosing types
* Classified as large cell calcifying or sclerosing types
* History of [[peutz-Jeghers syndrome]] and [[Carney complex]]
* History of [[peutz-Jeghers syndrome]] and [[Carney complex]]
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* Occur in any ages ([[infancy]] to elderly)
* Occur in any ages ([[infancy]] to elderly)
* Average [[age]] of 45 years
* Average [[age]] of 45 years
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* Aggressive extranodal [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
* Aggressive extranodal [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]
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* The most common in men older than 50 years old
* The most common in men older than 50 years old
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |Common [[metastasis]] to :
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* Unilateral
* Unilateral
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* Juvenile type in [[children]] less than 2 years old ( the most common [[infancy]] [[tumor]])
* Adult type with [[average]] [[age]] of 44 years old ( [[rare]])
Juvenile type associated with:
Juvenile type associated with:
* [[Sex chromosome]] abnormalities
* [[Sex chromosome]] abnormalities
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* [[Ambiguous genitalia]]
* [[Ambiguous genitalia]]
* [[Cryptorchidism]]  
* [[Cryptorchidism]]  
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* Juvenile type in [[children]] less than 2 years old ( the most common [[infancy]] [[tumor]])
* Adult type with [[average]] [[age]] of 44 years old ( [[rare]])
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* [[Metastasis]] occur in 10%-20% of cases
* [[Metastasis]] occur in 10%-20% of cases

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shadan Mehraban, M.D.[2]

Overview

Testicular cancer must be differentiated from epididymitis, hematocele, hydrocele, spermatocele, granulomatous orchitis, and varicocele.

Differentiating Testicular cancer from other Diseases

Abbreviations:

AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein, B-hCG: Beta-Human chorionic gonadotropin, P-ALP: Placental- Alkalin phosphatase,

Diseases Benign/ Malignant Unilateral/Bilateral History/demography Metastasis Genetics Clinical manifestations Para-clinical findings
Symptoms Physical examination Lab findings Imaging Histopathology
Pain Mass AFP Beta hCG p-ALP
Germ Cell tumors
Seminoma[1][2] Stains positively for: - + N/A N/A Ultrasound:
Embryonal carcinoma[3] Early metastasis to: Stains positively for:

May stain positively for :

+ ± ↑* N/A Ultrasound:
Yolk sac tumor[4][5]
  • Unilateral
  • Uncommon
Stains positively for: + + N/A N/A Ultrasound:

MRI:

  • Schiller-Duval bodies (perivascular structures)
  • Hyaline-type globules
Teratoma[6][7]
  • Unilateral
  • May present in both prepubertal and adult men
  • Uncommon in benign ones among prepubertal men

Stains positively for:

- + N/A Ultrasound:
Choriocarcinoma[8][9] Early metastasis: Stains positively for: + ± N/A N/A Ultrasound:
Mixed germ cell tumors[10][11]
  • Unilateral
  • May stain positive based on underlying components
± + N/A
  • Imaging findings based on underlying components
Carcinoma in situ (intratubular germ cell neoplasia )[12][13][14]
  • Unilateral
  • Bilateral
Common:

Stain positively for:

- -
  • N/A
N/A N/A
  • N/A
Diseases Benign/ Malignant Unilateral/Bilateral History/Demography Metastasis Genetics Pain Mass Physical exam AFP Beta hCG p-ALP Imaging Histopathology
|Non-germ cell tumors
Leydig cell tumor[15]
  • Unilateral

Stains positively for:

- + N/A N/A N/A Ultrasound:
Sertoli cell tumor ( Androblastoma)[16][17][18]
  • Unilateral
  • Bilateral
Stain positively for: - + N/A N/A N/A Ultrasound:
  • Large cell calcifying variant
  • Hypoechoic
Testicular lymphoma[19][20][21]
  • Unilateral
  • Bilateral ( mostly up to 35% of cases)
Common metastasis to : Stains positively for: - + ↑ or ↓ ↑ or ↓ N/A Ultrasound:
Granulosa cell tumors[22][23]
  • Unilateral

Juvenile type associated with:

Stains positively for: - + N/A N/A N/A Ultrasound:

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