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The patient had a significant occupational history of working as a barbecue vendor with daily exposure to high-temperature cooking oil fumes for 3\u202fyears, accompanied by extreme lifestyle disruption including approximately 20 working hours per day, less than 4\u202fh of sleep, and heavy smoking and alcohol consumption. Although the exact timing of tumor initiation cannot be determined, these exposures may have contributed to tumor progression in a malignancy that likely had a prolonged preclinical phase. All serum tumor markers, including AFP, hCG, and LDH, were within normal limits. Radical orchiectomy was performed, and histopathology combined with immunohistochemistry (PLAP+, CD117+, SALL4+, D2-40+, CKpan\u2212, CD30\u2212) confirmed pure seminoma. This case highlights that in addition to classical risk factors such as cryptorchidism, chronic environmental exposure to carcinogens (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from cooking fumes) and severe chronic sleep deprivation may represent potentially modifiable factors that warrant further investigation into their possible association with testicular germ cell tumors. Delayed diagnosis due to occupational neglect allowed the tumor to reach an exceptional size. 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