Testicular retiform Sertoli cell tumor: A problem in histopathologic diagnosis

Retiform Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor of the Ovary

Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary is a kind of sex cord-stromal tumor, which occurs between teens and twenties with symptoms including abdominal pain and swelling. The incidence rate is infinitely rare comprising less than 0.5% of all ovarian tumor. The average age of “retiform Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor” is 17 years as compared to 25 years for Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors as a group. We have...

A Case of Canine Testicular Sertoli Cell Tumor.

Retiform Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours: clinical, morphological and immunohistochemical findings.

AIMS To determine the morphological and immunohistochemical profile of retiform Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours and to compare the observed profile with that of adult rete ovarii. METHODS AND RESULTS Nineteen retiform Sertoli-Leydig cell tumours were studied, eight by immunohistochemistry, and five examples of rete ovarii from adult females were also evaluated immunohistochemically. The patients ...

Predictive Factors of Successful Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction in Patients with Presumed Sertoli Cell-Only Syndrome

Background To evaluate predictive factors of successful microdissection-testicular sperm extraction (MD-TESE) in patients with presumed Sertoli cell-only syndrome (SCOS). MaterialsAndMethods In this retrospective analysis, 874 men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), among whom 148 individuals with diagnosis of SCOS in prior biopsy, underwent MD-TESE at Department of Andrology, Royan Institu...

Clinical, dermoscopic and histopathologic findings of retiform hemangioendothelioma

Retiform hemangioendothelioma (RH) is an uncommon vascular neoplasm of borderline malignancy that clinically develops as a solitary, gradually enlarging exophytic mass, nodule or plaque, most often on the lower limbs, upper limbs and trunk. Clinical recognition of RH is troublesome because of its non-specific appearance, with differential diagnosis comprising a variety of benign and malignant t...