Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report
ABSTRACT 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 Ley...
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| author | Roberto Mateussi Justo Elizeu Bernabé Neto Millian Carlos Ronchini Eclair Lucas Filho Gilberto Saber Luís Cesar Záccaro da Silva |
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| description | ABSTRACT 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fba7233c377340ce9f5eae6e561552f52022-12-22T04:16:14ZengSociedade Brasileira de UrologiaInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology1677-61192019-12-014561260126510.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2018.0720Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case reportRoberto Mateussi Justohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-3900Elizeu Bernabé NetoMillian Carlos RonchiniEclair Lucas FilhoGilberto SaberLuís Cesar Záccaro da SilvaABSTRACT 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382019000601260&tlng=enLeydig Cell TumorTestisNeoplasms |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Mateussi Justo Elizeu Bernabé Neto Millian Carlos Ronchini Eclair Lucas Filho Gilberto Saber Luís Cesar Záccaro da Silva Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report International Brazilian Journal of Urology Leydig Cell Tumor Testis Neoplasms |
| title | Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report |
| title_full | Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report |
| title_fullStr | Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report |
| title_short | Malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91-year-old man: Case report |
| title_sort | malignant leydig cell tumor in a 91 year old man case report |
| topic | Leydig Cell Tumor Testis Neoplasms |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382019000601260&tlng=en |
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