Carcinoma Testicular

Abstract

This clinical case is a patient of 43 years old, born in Guayaquil and resident in the province of Tungurahua, married, merchant occupation, who about 6 months ago presents a painful mass of 2 x 2 cm in left testicle which goes to private doctor requesting this a series of complementary tests to reach a timely diagnosis testicular biopsy being one of these. During the interview it communicates that the testicular mass has increased in size after the biopsy 20.04.2015 confirming the presence of testicular teratoma where the date is given hospital admission and surgery, prior authorization and assessment performed is decided by clinician. With regard to this issue, in recent decades and in industrialized countries, it has seen a steady increase in incidence. Most testicular tumors derived from germ cell (testicular cancer germ cell seminoma and nonseminoma) and more than 70% of patients the disease is diagnosed in stage I. In testicular cancer, risk factors epidemiological and pathological and clinical factors of risk in stage I and in metastatic disease respectively, are well established. Currently, testicular tumors have excellent healing rates, mainly due to early diagnosis and their extreme chemo- and radiosensitivity.