title: Prepubertal testicular tumours in Kashmir--a histopathological report of 15 cases.
abstract: A total of 15 cases of prepubertal testicular tumours were reported by the department of pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir over a period of 15 years, from January 1984 to December 1998. The cases included yolk sac tumour (10 cases; 67%), teratoma [(mature) 2 cases (13%)], rhabdomyosarcoma [(paratesticular) 2 cases (13%)] and NHL-Burkitt's lymphoma [one case (7%)]. The youngest patient was 10 months old and the oldest was of 14 years age. Ten cases (67%) occurred at or below the age of 4 years. The youngest patient had yolk sac tumour and oldest had rhabdomyosarcoma. In 2 cases both the testes were involved with one of these two cases having bilateral undescended testes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar.
authors.forename: Nasser D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Besina
authors.forename: S Manzoor
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kadri
authors.forename: Niyaz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Qurrat A
authors.initials: QA
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
authors.forename: Mansoor A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Laharwal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018240:Endodermal Sinus Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*