[Primary testicular lymphoma: experience at the Instituto Especializado de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima-Peru].
BACKGROUND
Testicular lymphoma is a rare illness with peculiar characteristics but with a poor prognosis.


METHODS
We evaluated 32 patients retrospectively studying their epidemiologic characteristics, hematologic values, histologic type, metastasis sites, the treatment given and the survival. We compared our results with international reports and we think that prospective studies are needed for better conclusions.


RESULTS
The average of age was 45-years-old, with more than the half of patients with clinical stage IV at the moment of the diagnosis, the histiocitic pathology was the most frequent, and the time of survival was 39,543 +/- 14,451 months and the time in which the 50% of the patients die is 15 +/- 7,025 months.


CONCLUSIONS
This is a rare disease, with a very poor prognosis, with a time of survival of 39,543 +/- 14,451 months and the time in which the 50% of the patients die is 15 +/- 7,025 months.
Díaz Pérez
Gilmer A
GA
Urología Oncológica del Hospital General Santa Rosa, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas "Dr. Eduardo Cáceres Graziani", Lima, Perú. gilmeruro@yahoo.com
Pow-Sang Godoy
Mariela
M
Morante Deza
Carlos
C
Meza Montoya
Luis
L
Destefano Urrutia
Víctor
V
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult