Primary Carcinoid Tumor of the Testis: A case report.
- Author:
Yikyeong CHUN
;
Yeon Lim SUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carcinoid;
Testis
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1995;29(2):228-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Primary carcinoid tumors of the testis are exceedingly rare. They may originate as a pure form or as part of a testicular teratoma. To diagnose a testicular tumor as primary carcinoid, the possibility of metastasig must be carefully excluded. To our knowlege, none has been reported in Korean literature. We present a case of primary testicular carcinoid in a 36-year-old man. He had a painless, palpable mass on the right scrotum for 4 years. He underwent a radical orchiectomy. He is free of disease during 20 months postoperatively. Histologically and ultrastructurally this tumor showed a typical feature of carcinoid tumor of midgut derivation. A flow cytometric DNA analysis of this mass contained an aneuploid cell population.