Leydig cell tumor of the testis with histological and immunohistochemical features of malignancy in a 1-year-old boy with isosexual pseudoprecocity

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-348

  Drut, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Wludarski, Sheila ^a   Segatelli, Vanderlei ^a   De Oliveira, Ebe ^a   Barbosa, Ana ^a   Matheus, Andre ^a   Bacchi, Carlos ^a  

^a Consultoria em Patologia ^*  (Brazil)

^b Hospital de Niños ^*

^c Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Childhood tumors; Isosexual pseudoprecocity; Leydig cell tumor; Testis tumors

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; TESTIS TUMOR;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INHIBINS; KERATINS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749643134     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896906292452     Document Type: Article

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