Macroscopic sertoli cell nodule: A study of 6 cases that presented as testicular masses

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1874-1880

  Vallangeon, Bethany D ^a   Eble, John N ^a   Ulbright, Thomas M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

inhibin; Sertoli cell nodule; Sertoli cell tumor; TSPY

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650385865     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fcab70     Document Type: Article

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