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Common risk factors for testicular seminoma include undescended testis, caucasian race, previous tumor in the contralateral testis, and family history of testicular germ cell tumor.<ref name=riskfactorsofseminoma1>Risk factors for testicular seminoma. Dr Marcin Czarniecki and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/testicular-seminoma-1. Accessed on February 25, 2016></ref><ref name=riskfactorsfortesticulargermcelltumotrssnkjb>Risk factors for testicular germ cell tumors. Dr Matt A. Morgan and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. Accessed on February 25, 2016</ref><ref name=seminomariskfactorsmlmn1>Causes of seminoma. US National Library of Medicine 2016. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001288.htm. Accessed on February 29, 2016</ref> | |||
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Overview
Common risk factors for testicular seminoma include undescended testis, caucasian race, previous tumor in the contralateral testis, and family history of testicular germ cell tumor.[1][2][3]
Risk Factors
Common risk factors for testicular seminoma include:[1][2][3]
- Caucasian race
- Undescended testis
- 10-40x increased risk
- around 10% of seminoma are associated with undescended testis
- higher risk if intra-abdominal testis compared with intra-inguinal
- orchidopexy prior to puberty can reduce the tumor risk
- increased risk in the contralateral normally descended testis
- Previous tumor in contralateral testis
- Family history of testicular germ cell tumor
- 4x increased risk if father affected
- 9x increased risk if brother affected
- Testicular microlithiasis
- 8x increased risk in symptomatic testicle with microlithiasis
- no increased risk found in asymptomatic testicles therefore screening is unlikely to be useful
- Testicular dysgenesis
- Testicular feminization
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Other risk factors
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Risk factors for testicular seminoma. Dr Marcin Czarniecki and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/testicular-seminoma-1. Accessed on February 25, 2016>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Risk factors for testicular germ cell tumors. Dr Matt A. Morgan and Dr Andrew Dixon et al. Radiopaedia 2016. Accessed on February 25, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Causes of seminoma. US National Library of Medicine 2016. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001288.htm. Accessed on February 29, 2016