Testicular granulosa cell tumor of adult type: A new case and a review of the literature

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• 作者：Pasquale Ditonno ; Giuseppe Lucarelli ; Michele Battaglia ; Vito Mancini ; Silvano Palazzo ; Senia Trabucco ; Carlo Bettocchi ; Francesco Paolo Selvaggi
• 关键词：Testis tumor ; Granulosa cell tumor ; Adult type
• 刊名：Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：July-August 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：25
• 期：4
• 页码：322-325
• 全文大小：1002 K

文摘

Testicular granulosa cell tumor of the adult type is a very rare tumor, and, to date and our knowledge, only 23 cases of this rare testicular tumor have been reported in the literature, 5 of which developed metastases. We report a case of granulosa cell tumor of adult type in a 45-year-old man with a 15-year history of a painless increasing right testicular volume who underwent radical orchiectomy. The patient is disease-free after a 2-year follow-up, without any adjuvant therapy. Our case and a review of the literature indicate that this type of tumor is a rare, slow-growing neoplasm. Because distant metastases may occur late in the clinical course, long-term follow-up of these patients is recommended.