Leydig cell tumors of the testis with unusual features: Adipose differentiation, calcification with ossification, and spindle-shaped tumor cells

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1424-1433

  Ulbright, Thomas M ^a   Srigley, John R ^a   Hatzianastassiou, Dimitris K ^a   Young, Robert H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose metaplasia; Leydig cell tumor; Osseous metaplasia; Sarcomatoid tumor; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OSSIFICATION; PSAMMOMA BODY; SPINDLE CELL; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036827916     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200211000-00004     Document Type: Article

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