Embryonal Carcinoma Of  The Testis masquerading As  Epididymitis

Dr Prema Saldanha

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v02i2.9

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Embryonal Carcinoma Of The Testis masquerading As Epididymitis

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v02i2.9

Year: 2012, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 98-99

Short communications/brief reports

Embryonal Carcinoma Of The Testis masquerading As Epididymitis

Dr.Prema Saldanha

Professor, Department of Pathology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore-575018 Mob: 9449385604

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Abstract

Testicular tumours are a heterogeneous group composed of germ cell and sexcord/stromal tumours. Germ cell tumours arise from totipotential cells; differentiate in different directions determining their morphological appearance and their designation. They form 94- 96% of all testicular tumours, and are all malignant. The commonest is seminoma (40- 50%), rarer tumours are embryonal carcinoma(EC), yolk-sac tumour(YST), and teratoma.. EC is composed of primitive carcinoma-like cells with minimal or no signs of differentiation. Hence it is aggressive with a [1] poor prognosis. This is a case of EC which presented clinically as epididymitis and the diagnosis was established only after Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC).