[Clinical morphological characteristics of tumors in children]

The clinicomorphological analysis of 60 cases of testicular tumours in children based on the WHO International Histological Classification of testicular tumours (1977) showed the most frequent kind of germinogenic group neoplasias to be tumours of the yolk sac or embryonal carcinoma of the infantile type (24 out of 60) followed in frequency by mature teratomas (7) and teratocarcinomas (8). Among the tumours of the tissues surrounding the testicle, embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas are most prevalent (10). Tumours of testes occur mostly in children under 3 years. Positive remote results of the composite treatment were obtained in 65% observations.