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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule
Published on: November 7, 2011
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the testis. Report of a case
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
|December 1, 1983
Abstract:
A 30-year-old man died of a testicular tumor with widespread metastases. Both the right testis and the adjoining epididymis were replaced by a mass that consisted mainly of small cells, but differentiated focally into medullary tubules, ependymal rosettes, and glia in which glial fibrillary acidic protein was demonstrated; rare foci of cartilage and cellular mesenchyme established the teratomatous nature of the neoplasm. We believe this is the first reported case of a primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the testis.
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