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Isolation of Sertoli Cells and Peritubular Cells from Rat Testes
Published on: February 8, 2016
[Sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor of the testis in an HIV patient]
E De Diego Rodríguez1, C Pascual Soria, J A Portillo Martín
1Servicio de Urología y Oncología Mèdica, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, España.
Objective:
To describe an additional case of an uncommon variant of Sertoli cell testicular tumor.
Methods/Results:
A 34-year-old male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus presented with a right testicular tumor he had noted one year earlier. A right inguinal orchidectomy was performed. Histological examination demonstrated sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor.
Conclusions:
Sertoli cell tumor is a rare variant of testicular tumor from sexual cords. Although it is uncommon, histological variants have been described: classical Sertoli cell tumor, large calcifying cells and the sclerosing variant. The case of sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor described herein is a variant of which 11 cases have been reported in the world literature. The fact that our patient is HIV-positive makes this case even rarer.
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