PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Albasri, Abdulkader M.
AU  - Hussainy, Akbar S.
TI  - Histopathological pattern of testicular diseases in western Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2018.5.22142
DP  - 2018 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 476--480
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/5/476.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/5/476.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2018 May 01; 39
AB  - Objectives To determine the histopathological pattern of testicular diseases among Saudi patients in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.Methods This retrospective histopathology-based study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, from January 2006 to December 2017. The data collected were entered into MS-Excel and analyzed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences Version 19.Results Of the 199 testicular specimens received, 108 (54.3%) of the biopsies were taken for diagnostic test, while 91 (45.7%) were for therapeutic test. The male infertility was the only indication in the diagnostic group, accounting for 108 (54.3%) with a mean age of 28±7.9 years. Benign conditions of the testes were the most common indication in the therapeutic group accounting for 76 cases (38.2%), followed by 15 cases (7.5%) of testicular tumors. Hemorrhagic infarction from testicular torsion was the most common histologic patterns in benign testicular conditions group, accounting for 46 (23.2%) of the cases with a mean age of patients 32.1±8.1 years. Mixed non-seminomatous germ cell tumor was the most common primary tumor in 7 (3.5%) cases, followed by seminoma occurring in 5 (2.5%) cases. Mean ages for these patients were 33.7±8.1 years for primary tumor and 35.6±9.1 years for seminoma.Conclusions The pattern of testicular diseases on the basis of histopathology experience in the Madinah region appears to conform to world literature and KSA.