Seminoma history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]

Overview

Symptoms

The painless testicular mass is the pathonomonic of the testicular cancer.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Common symptoms of seminoma include:^[2]
- Painless lump in the testicle
- Testicular swelling and mild discomfort
- Feeling of heaviness in the scrotum or abdomen
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pain in the back or abdomen
- Ascites
- Weight loss
- Gynecomastia
- Precocious puberty
- Infertility

References

↑ Bosl GJ, Motzer RJ (July 1997). “Testicular germ-cell cancer”. N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (4): 242–53. doi:10.1056/NEJM199707243370406. PMID 9227931.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Motzer, Robert J.; Agarwal, Neeraj; Beard, Clair; Bhayani, Sam; Bolger, Graeme B.; Buyyounouski, Mark K.; Carducci, Michael A.; Chang, Sam S.; Choueiri, Toni K.; Gupta, Shilpa; Hancock, Steven L.; Hudes, Gary R.; Jonasch, Eric; Kuzel, Timothy M.; Lau, Clayton; Levine, Ellis G.; Lin, Daniel W.; Margolin, Kim A.; Michaelson, M. Dror; Olencki, Thomas; Pili, Roberto; Ratliff, Thomas W.; Redman, Bruce G.; Robertson, Cary N.; Ryan, Charles J.; Sheinfeld, Joel; Wang, Jue; Wilder, Richard B. (2012). “Testicular Cancer”. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 10 (4): 502–535. doi:10.6004/jnccn.2012.0050. ISSN 1540-1405.
↑ Marko J, Wolfman DJ, Aubin AL, Sesterhenn IA (2017). “Testicular Seminoma and Its Mimics: From the Radiologic Pathology Archives”. Radiographics. 37 (4): 1085–1098. doi:10.1148/rg.2017160164. PMC 5548453. PMID 28574809.

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