Prevalencia de cáncer testicular en pacientes con antecedente de criptorquidia en el Hospital Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el periodo 2010-2020.

Abstract

Cryptorchidism is a congenital pathology with an incidence of 3.4% in newborns, in Guayaquil the incidence increases to 3.9%, being a pathology of clinical diagnosis. Testicular cancer is among its most common complications since it is not detected during childhood, so determining its prevalence is important to provide advice on possible complications to patients. In cryptorchid testes, the risk of cancer is increased two to eight times and between 5 and 10% of all men with testicular cancer have a history of cryptorchidism. The degree work followed a non-experimental design, retrospective observational descriptive level. Data on patients with a diagnosis of cryptorchidism treated by the Urology area at the IESS Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo hospital during the 2010-2020 period were obtained. The most frequent histological type of testicular cancer was classified by analyzing the base review. of data. And the most common age range of presentation of testicular cancer was calculated, through statistical analysis. The results showed that 11.2% of patients with a history of cryptorchidism developed testicular cancer. Regarding the most common age of presentation of testicular cancer, a greater increase in cases was obtained in the age ranges between 35-45 years. And reference to the most frequent histological type of testicular cancer resulted in the seminomatous type.