Primary testicular lesions are associated with testicular germ cell tumors of adult men

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1260-1268

  Nistal, Manuel ^a,b   Gonzalez Peramato, Pilar ^c   Regadera, Javier ^b   Serrano, Alvaro ^c   Tarin, Virginia ^a   De Miguel, Maria P ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypospermatogenesis; IGCNU; Leydig cells; Rete testis; Sertoli cell; Spermatogonial arrest; Testicular dysgenesis; TGCT

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENCHYMA; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748992011     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213361.10756.08     Document Type: Article

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