Testicular tumours in Iraq: a pathologic study of 60 cases

ABSTRACT

Sixty cases of primary testicular tumours are analysed using the WHO classification. There were 49 germ tumours, three interstitial cell tumours and eight lymphoreticular malignancies. As expected, seminomas were the most common germ cell tumour representing about 49% of the total. 25% of seminomas arose in undescended testicles. In children, most of the tumours were embryonal [yolk sac] carcinomas in infants and malignant lymphomas in older children