title: Testicular granulosa cell tumor of adult type: a new case and a review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Division of Urology and Kidney Transplant, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ditonno
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucarelli
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Senia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trabucco
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bettocchi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paolo Selvaggi
mesh_terms: 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