Testicular and testicular adnexa tumors in the elderly.
Neoplasms in the testis and in the testicular adnexa of elderly patients are completely different from those observed in younger patients. Indeed, although conventional seminomas and nonseminomas are mainly observed in the age range of 20-45 years, spermatocytic seminoma, malignant Leydig tumors, and lymphomas in the testis and sarcomas in the paratesticular region are encountered in individuals older than 60 years of age. Here, we discuss the testis and paratesticular region neoplasm more commonly diagnosed in elderly men.
Pathology Unit, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS - Fondazione Giovanni Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo
V
Gigantino
Elvira
E
La Mantia
Renato
R
Franco
Sabrina
S
Cecere
Sabrina
S
Rossetti
Marilena
M
Di Napoli
Carmela
C
Pisano
Massimiliano
M
Berretta
Antonio
A
Galzerano
Gerardo
G
Botti
Sandro
S
Pignata
Gaetano
G
Facchini
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018239:Seminoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology