PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2014 January; 5(1): e0005. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2014 January 21. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10139.

Table 1.

Clinical and Pathological Characteristics.

Parameter	Value
Age (mean; range), years	39.5; 17–66
Origin
European Jews	18
Non-European Jews	3
Christian Arabs	3
Moslem Arabs	2
Place of birth
Europe	3
Israel	21
USA	1
Russia	1
Accompanying local conditions
Hernioplasty	1
Cryptorchidism	4
Hydrocele	2
Cryptorchidism, bilateral	2
Disease sites
Left testicle	11
Right testicle	14
Bilateral	1
Presenting symptoms
Testicular enlargement/swelling	13
Palpable mass	16
Testicular pain	4
Abdominal/pelvic pain	7
Supraclavicular palpable mass	1
Duration of symptoms (mean; range), months ^a	1.4; 1–12
Radiological measures
Testicular ultrasound	26
IVP	1
Lymphography	1
CT	26
Abdominal ultrasound	5
PET-CT	6
Elevated tumor markers
B-Human chorionic gonadotropin	8
Lactic dehydrogenase	12
Staging
IIB	7
IIC	16
IIIA	3
Testicular pathology (post-orchiectomy)
Pure (classical) seminoma	26 ^b
*Invasion of:*
Tunica vaginalis	5
Lympho-vascular spaces	5
Spermatic cord	2
Rete testis	2
Epididymis	2
IGCN	4
Testicular seminoma pathological staging
T1	21
T2	3 ^c
T3	2 ^d

Notes

^aThree patients presented with symptom duration of 1, 2, and 4 years.

^bThe abdominal masses developed in the majority of patients simultaneously with the testicular seminoma.

^cAll T2 patients demonstrated invasion of the tunica vaginalis or epididymis with lympho-vascular invasion.

^dThe T3 patients exhibited spermatic cord invasion.

IVP, intravenous pyelography; CT, whole-body computerized tomography scans; PET-CT, positron emission tomography scans; IGCN, intratubular germ cell neoplasm.