A benign gonadal stromal tumor of the testis of spindle fibroblastic type.
Non-Leydig cell gonadal stromal tumors of the testis are rare and most are benign. Criteria for determining malignancy are poorly defined. A gonadal stromal tumor of spindle fibroblastic cells presented in a 34 year old male. The patient remains alive and well with no evidence of metastasis 3 years following surgery. Light and electron microscopical features of the tumor are described.
Allen
P R
PR
Department of Pathology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
King
A R
AR
Sage
M D
MD
Sorrell
V F
VF
D000328:Adult; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
D014746:Vimentin