Malignant Testicular Neoplasms in Infancy
- 2 October 1947
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 237 (14) , 513-515
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194710022371404
Abstract
MALIGNANT tumors of the testicle in children are rare. Dargeon,1 reviewing malignant tumors in 1557 children collected from five major sources, found 211 cases involving the genitourinary tract. Matassarin2 quotes Gilbert, who collected 5500 cases of all tumors of the testicle reported in detail from 1803 to 1942 and observed only 131 cases in children under fifteen years of age.There are several reports of testicular neoplasm in children in the early literature.3 , 4 These have been responsible for the frequently quoted opinion that "there have been numerous reports of malignant tumors, usually teratomas in the newborn."5 Wells,6 however, in a . . .Keywords
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- Embryonal Adenocarcinoma of the Testicle in an Infant—Case ReportJournal of Urology, 1944