title: Fine-needle aspiration of testicular lesions: report of 17 cases.
abstract: In this article we report on our diagnostic experience of fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) performed on 17 patients with testicular lesions in the period from 1994-1998. The cytological diagnosis was consistent with seminoma in 7 cases, sex cord-stromal tumors in 3 cases (2 Sertoli cell tumors, 1 Leydig cell tumor), embryonal carcinoma in 3 cases, and yolk-sac tumor in 1 case; the other 3 patients were suffering from flogistic pathology. The cytological diagnosis was confirmed in all cases after surgery. According to our experience, ultrasound FNAB of testicular lesions proved to be a very reliable technique in predicting malignancy with high sensitivity and specificity. None of the patients developed local recurrences or inguinal lymph-node metastasis due to FNAB. Therefore, tumor stage classification (TNM) was not modified in any patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Legnano General Hospital, Legnano (Milan), Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patetta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bacchioni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cozzi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018239:Seminoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018312:Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins