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Table 3 Distribution of patients according to histopathological type

From: Ten-year experience with testicular cancer at a tertiary care hospital in a resource-limited setting: a single centre experience in Tanzania

Histopathological type

Frequency

Percentages

Germ cell tumours

46

82.1

  Seminoma

28

60.9

  Embryonal carcinoma

12

26.1

  Teratoma

4

8.7

  Yolk sac tumour

2

4.3

Sex cord or gonadal stromal tumours

4

7.1

  Granulosa cell tumour

2

50

  Malignant Sertoli cell tumour

1

25

  Leydig cell tumour

1

25

Mixed germ cell/sex cord stromal tumours

4

7.1

Secondary testicular tumours

2

3.6

  Lymphoma

1

50

  Adenocarcinoma from the prostate gland

1

50