Squamous cell carcinoma of the testis and paratesticular tissue

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Testicular tumors occur in 1–1.5 % of cases in the structure of the general oncological morbidity among men and constitute 5 % among tumors of the urogenital tract. In Western Europe, 3–6 new cases are recorded a year per 100 thousand male population. Nevertheless, in relation to young men, this particular type of neoplasm is not only the most common oncological pathology (up to 60 % of all neoplasms), but also the main cause of cancer mortality. Risk factors for developing ovarian cancer include a family history, previous development of a tumor in the contralateral testicle, and components of testicular dysgenesis syndrome (cryptorchidism, hypospadias, spermatogenesis disorders leading to infertility). Tumors of paratesticular tissues are much less common and most of them are benign. Squamous cell carcinoma rarely develops as a primary tumor of the testis and / or paratesticular tissue, isolated cases have been described in the English literature. Secondary damage to the scrotum organs is more frequent, but such situations are usually found in patients of an older age group. This article presents the clinical case and the final results of treatment of a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of paratesticular tissue.

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E. M. Mamizhev

Saint-Petersburg State University

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Email: mamijev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6883-777X

154 Fontanka Embarkment, Saint Petersburg 190103

Russian Federation

V. K. Osetnik

Saint-Petersburg State University

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7877-8344

154 Fontanka Embarkment, Saint Petersburg 190103

I. B. Dzalilov

Saint-Petersburg State University

154 Fontanka Embarkment, Saint Petersburg 190103

B. I. Aslanov

I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

47 Piskarevskiy Prospekt, Saint Petersburg 195067

A. S. Artemyeva

N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia

68 Leningradskaya St., Pesochny, Saint Petersburg 197758

A. K. Nosov

N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia

68 Leningradskaya St., Pesochny, Saint Petersburg 197758

Sh. Sh. Gadaev

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

2 Litovskaya St., Saint Petersburg 194100

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