title: [Testicular and paratesticular tumors in children].
abstract: Testis tumors in children occur infrequently and exibit differences in their histopathology, clinical behaviour and therapy from their adult counterparts. From 1979 to 1994, 17 children and adolescent with testicular tumors were treated at the Pediatric Surgical Department of Vicenza Regional Hospital. Paratesticular rabdomiosarcoma were present in 3 cases, 4 patients had embrional carcinoma, 1 Sertoli cell tumor, 2 Leydig cell gonadal stromal tumor, and leukemic infiltrates of the testis were clinically evident in 7 patients. We report our clinical series and discuss in relation to clinical characteristic, histopathology and therapy and conclude that the improved survival during the past decade is attributable to better diagnostic imaging thecniques, the availability of serum tumor markers to monitor disease activity and more effective chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Pediatrica-U.L.S.S. di Vicenza, Italia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fabbro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cimaglia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donadio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Tumori dei testicoli e dei tessuti paratesticolari in età pediatrica.