title: [Acute scrotal involvement as onset of a testicular Sertoli cell tumor in a two-month-old baby].
abstract: Sertoli cell tumour is an uncommon neoplasm, either in the adult and in the pediatric age groups. An intrascrotal, slowly growing, painless swelling generally represents its clinical onset. Orchiectomy definitively is successful in these patients, since Sertoli cell tumour very rarely metastatise elsewhere. The case of a two-month old baby in which an acute intrascrotal involvement (requiring immediate surgical therapy), was the atypical onset of a testicular Sertoli cell tumour, is described. The hystogenesis as well as the clinical and pathological peculiarities of this neoplasm in pediatric patients are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer, Firenze.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pancani
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Scroto acuto come segno di esordio di un tumore a cellule di Sertoli del testicolo in un bambino di due mesi.