A 51-year-old man had a malignant Leydig cell tumor of the testis with elevation of serum estrone and endrostenedione as well as urine chorionic gonadotropin. The fine structural features of the neoplasm resembled those of nontumorous Leydig cells as well as cells of Leydig cell adenomas, except for
Malignant leydig cell tumor: Objective tumor response to o, p′-DDD
✍ Scribed by Paul C. Azer; Glenn D. Braunstein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 567 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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