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Large-cell calcifying sertoli cell tumour of the testis detected at screening of a family with Carney syndrome.
Urologia internationalis - 1 Jan 2005
Jayasena S N, Ariyasinghe J T N, Gunawardena D M R, Gunawardena S A S, de Silva M V C
Abstract excerpt
We report the detection of a large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumour (LCCSCT) in a 34-year-old male during screening of a family with Carney syndrome. The patient had ignored the testicular swelling for 7 years. He also had a cardiac myxoma. The LCCSCT in this patient had prognostically unfavourable features such as large size (>6 cm) and a high mitotic rate. There is only one previous report of a malignant...
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