Sertoli cell nodules in the underscended testis: A histochemical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of hyaline deposits

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 802-806

  Govender, D ^a,b   Sing, Y ^b   Chetty, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; HYALIN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SEX CORD TUMOR; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYALIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORCHIECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 4043132358     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.015982     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Nistal M, Paniagua R, Abaurrea MA, et al. Hyperplasia and the immature appearance of Sertoli cells in primary testicular disorders. Hum Pathol 1982;13:3-12.
2. Venara M, Rey R, Bergadá I, et al. Sertoli cell proliferations of the infantile testis: an intratubular form of Sertoli cell tumor? Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:1237-44.
3. DeKretser DM, Kerr JB, Paulsen CA. The peritubular tissue in the normal and pathological human testis. An ultrastructural study. Biol Reprod 1975;12:317-24.
4. Dym M. Basement membrane regulation of Sertoli cells. Endocr Rev 1994;15:102-15.
5. Davidoff MS, Breucker H, Holstein AF, et al. Cellular architecture of the lamina propria of human seminiferous tubules. Cell Tissue Res 1990;262:253-61.
6. Laurie GW, Leblond CP. What is known of the production of basement membrane components? J Histochem Cytochem 1983;31:159-63.
7. Laurie GW, Leblond CP, Martin GR. Localization of type IV collagen, laminin, heparan sulfate proteoglycan, and fibronectin to the basal lamina of basement membranes. J Cell Biol 1982;95:340-4.
8. Santamaria L, Martinez-Onsurbe P, Paniagua R, et al. Laminin, type IV collagen, and fibronectin in normal and cryptorchid human testes. An immunohistochemical study. Int J Androl 1990;13:135-46.
9. Jégou B. The Sertoli cell. Bailleres Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992;6:273-311.
10. Tung PS, Fritz IB. Morphogenetic restructuring and formation of basement membranes by Sertoli cells and testis peritubular cells in co-culture: inhibition of the morphogenetic cascade by cyclic-AMP derivatives and blocking direct cell contact. Dev Biol 1987;120:139-53.
11. Nistal M, Jimenez F, Paniagua R. Sertoli cell types in the Sertoli-cell-only syndrome: relationships between Sertoli cell morphology and aetiology. Histopathology 1990;16:173-80.
12. Clermont Y, Perey B. Quantitative study of the cell population of the seminiferous tubules in immature rats. Am J Anat 1957;100:241-66.
13. Tavassoli FA, Norris HJ. Sertoli tumours of the ovary. Cancer 1980;46:2281-97.
14. Young RH, Scully RE. Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors: recent advances and current status. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1984;11:93-134.