Introduction Small testicular lesions ≤20 mm (STL) detected by ultrasound (US), usually non-palpable, have been reported to be benign in up to 80% of cases. Thus, partial orchiectomy with or without frozen section examination and surveillance has been advocated for these kinds of lesions. We seek to report the proportion of benign lesions in testicular tumors ≤20 mm detected by US in our population and explore the predicting factors of malignancy. Material and methods A retrospective descriptive study of orchiectomies performed for testicular tumors in patients older than 15 years between 2005 and 2019 was performed, including all patients with lesions ≤20 mm on US imaging. Results A total of 70 patients with STL were included (mean age 34.6 ±10.8 years). Overall, 69% of the lesions were malignant while the smallest lesions (≤10 mm) showed 61% of cancer. Moreover, in the subgroup of non-palpable lesions ≤10 mm, 50% were malignant. Multifocal tumors were found in 18 subjects with a malignancy rate of 88%. There was a significant association between maximum size on US, multifocality and malignancy. Neither tumor markers nor palpability foretold a malignant lesion. A predictive model including size and multifocality was created showing a positive predictive value of 83.3%. Conclusions US maximum size and multifocality were predictors of malignancy in STL. However, even the smallest lesions showed a 50% chance of being malignant, thus surgery with or without intraoperative biopsy is warranted in most cases.
El Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) y la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC) presentan a la comunidad geocientífica la publicación Neotectónica y paleosismología de la Falla de Algeciras, Huila, Colombia. Este libro refleja las actividades de las dos instituciones, bajo el convenio 022 de 2019, con recursos del Sistema General de Regalías, asignados al proyecto Modelo Tectónico de la Dirección de Geociencias del SGC. Investigadores de los grupos de investigación en Geodinámica (antes Tectónica) de la Dirección de Geociencias Básicas y de Investigaciones Geodésicas Espaciales de la Dirección de Geoamenazas del SGC, junto con investigadores de la Escuela de Ingeniería Geológica de la UPTC, Sogamoso, expertos internacionales de Holanda y Venezuela y el apoyo de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas unieron sus esfuerzos para emplear las técnicas más relevantes en las investigaciones neotectónicas y paleosismológicas, de vital importancia para ser aplicadas en el país. Sin lugar a dudas los resultados permiten avanzar en el conocimiento del Sistema de Fallas de Algeciras, probablemente el sistema de fallas más representativo de Colombia continental en términos de su potencial sismogénico, y proporcionan información valiosa para el avance del conocimiento de la amenaza sísmica del país.
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