| Revista: | International braz j urol |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000434669 |
| ISSN: | 1677-5538 |
| Autores: | Justo, Roberto Mateussi1 Bernabé-Neto, Elizeu1 Ronchini, Millian Carlos1 Lucas-Filho, Eclair1 Saber, Gilberto1 Silva, Luís Cesar Záccaro da1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Santa Casa de Misericordia de Ribeirao Preto, Departamento de Urologia, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2019 |
| Periodo: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 45 |
| Número: | 6 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | Testicle tumors are a rare entity among men population, accounting for only 1-1.5% of all cancers among men. The stromal tumors of the sexual cord correspond just 4% of all testicular cancers. Only 10% of them are malignant. The major representative of the sex cord-stromal tumors is the Leydig cell tumor, corresponding to 75 to 80% of the total. It has bimodal age incidence, involving children and adults between 30 and 60 years. We report the caso of a 91-year-old man with malignant Leydig cell tumor, presenting increase of the volume of scrotum, local pain and hyperemia. The are few cases in the literature, only 1 with pacient above 85 years old |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Oncología, Urología, Testículos, Neoplasias, Tumor de células de Leydig |
| Keyword: | Urology, Oncology, Testis, Leydig cell tumor, Neoplasms |
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