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[Gynecomastia and Leydig cell tumor, clinically occult]
A Nubiola Calonge1, L C Valladares, N Jové Vidal
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del Espíritu Santo, Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|September 1, 1996
Abstract
Objectives:
An uncommon case of clinically occult Leydig cell tumor of the testis is described. The literature is reviewed with special reference to the difficulty encountered in making the diagnosis.
Methods/Results:
The clinical data of a patient with occult Leydig cell tumor of the testis, whose only remarkable feature was a long history of gynecomastia, are presented.
Conclusions:
A hormonal study and scrotal ultrasound evaluation are essential in the diagnosis of this tumor type and should be performed even in the absence of testicular anomalies on palpation.