Testicular granulosa cell tumor of adult type: a new case and a review of the literature.
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.
Ditonno
Pasquale
P
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Division of Urology and Kidney Transplant, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Lucarelli
Giuseppe
G
Battaglia
Michele
M
Mancini
Vito
V
Palazzo
Silvano
S
Trabucco
Senia
S
Bettocchi
Carlo
C
Paolo Selvaggi
Francesco
F
D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography