Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report

Testicle tumors are a rare entity among men population, accounting for only 1-1.5% of all cancers among men. The stromal tumors of the sexual cord correspond just 4% of all testicular cancers. Only 10% of them are malignant. The major representative of the sex cord-stromal tumors is the Leydig cell...

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Autores principales: Justo, Roberto Mateussi, Bernabé, Elizeu, Ronchini, Millian Carlos, Lucas, Eclair, Saber, Gilberto, da Silva, Luís Cesar Záccaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2019
Materias:
Challenging Clinical Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6909871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31808415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2018.0720
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Sumario:Testicle tumors are a rare entity among men population, accounting for only 1-1.5% of all cancers among men. The stromal tumors of the sexual cord correspond just 4% of all testicular cancers. Only 10% of them are malignant. The major representative of the sex cord-stromal tumors is the Leydig cell tumor, corresponding to 75 to 80% of the total. It has bimodal age incidence, involving children and adults between 30 and 60 years. We report the caso of a 91-year-old man with malignant Leydig cell tumor, presenting increase of the volume of scrotum, local pain and hyperemia. The are few cases in the literature, only 1 with pacient above 85 years old.

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