Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Swierz, J
• Gomuła, A
• Stawarz, B

Titel

The role of clinical examination in early diagnosis of testicular malignancies

Ist Teil von

• Wiadomości lekarskie (1960), 1992-12, Vol.45 (23-24), p.899

Ort / Verlag

Poland

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sixty-seven patients were subjected to a retrospective analysis, who had been referred to the Department of Urology with suspected testicular malignancy. In every patient history was taken carefully with special attention paid to lacking testicular descensus in the past, testicular enlargement, pain, symptoms related to metastases, duration of symptoms until the beginning of appropriate treatment, the type of treatment, they had obtained before admission to the department. It was found that the most common symptom was painless testicular enlargement (82% of patients). However, there was a very long time between noting of the change by the patient and the beginning of appropriate treatment (on the average about 7.8 months).