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[An occult Leydig-cell tumor in a cryptorchid testis]
M Medina Pérez1, J Valero Puerta, M Sánchez González
1Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital de la Merced, Osuna, Sevilla, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|April 2, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
A case of Leydig cell tumor in a cryptorchid testis is described.
Methods:
A 55-year-old man presented with no specific scrotal symptoms. A cryptorchid testis was discovered on physical examination and the patient was submitted to orchidectomy.
Results:
A solid, well-circumscribed, round nodule of 0.8 cm in diameter was found in an atrophic testis. The histological examination showed a Leydig cell tumor with crystals of Reinke and immunostaining with vimentin.
Conclusion:
Leydig cell tumor may be related with cryptorchidism.