A malignant Leydig cell tumor of the testis
β Scribed by Koichi Sugimoto; Seiji Matsumoto; Kazuhiro Nose; Takashi Kurita; Hirotsugu Uemura; Young-Chol Park; June Hanai
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-1623
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A patient with a feminizing malignant Leydig cell tumor is presented. Hormonal assays revealed increased production of prolactin, estradial. and total estrogens. Eleven years after the onset of his disease he remains clinically well.
Malignant Leydig cell tumors (LCT) are rare. Only 32 cases of malignant LCT (as evidenced by metastatic spread) were reported. Generally metastatic spread occurs within 2 years of the primary LCT, and the patient dies within 2 years of the discovery of metastatic disease. The tumor is highly resista