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{{ Infobox diagnosis | |||
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| Image = Leydig_cell_tumour2.jpg | |||
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| Caption = Leydig cell tumour. [[H&E stain]]. | |||
| Micro = cytoplasmic vacuolization, cytoplasm - clear to eosinophilic, +/-''Reinke crystals'' (cylindrical crystalloid - eosinophilic cytoplasmic bodies), +/-[[nucleoli]] common, round nuclei | |||
| Subtypes = | |||
| LMDDx = [[spermatocytic seminoma]] (testis only), [[pregnancy luteoma]] (females only), [[Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour]] | |||
| Stains = | |||
| IHC = inhibin-alpha +ve, calretinin +ve, melan A +ve | |||
| EM = | |||
| Molecular = | |||
| IF = | |||
| Gross = solid, red/tan | |||
| Grossing = | |||
| Site = [[testis]] | |||
| Assdx = | |||
| Syndromes = | |||
| Clinicalhx = | |||
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| Symptoms = | |||
| Prevalence = uncommon | |||
| Bloodwork = +/-elevated testosterone | |||
| Rads = | |||
| Endoscopy = | |||
| Prognosis = benign | |||
| Other = | |||
| ClinDDx = other testicular tumours | |||
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'''Leydig cell tumour''', also known as '''interstitial cell tumour''', is an uncommon benign sex cord-stromal tumour, typically seen in the [[testis]]. | '''Leydig cell tumour''', also known as '''interstitial cell tumour''', is an uncommon benign sex cord-stromal tumour, typically seen in the [[testis]]. | ||
''Interstitial cell tumour'' should '''not''' be confused with ''[[Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour]]''. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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==IHC== | ==IHC== | ||
*Inhibin-alpha. | *Inhibin-alpha +ve. | ||
*Calretinin.<ref>URL: [http://www.antibodybeyond.com/reviews/cell-markers/leydig-cell-marker.htm http://www.antibodybeyond.com/reviews/cell-markers/leydig-cell-marker.htm]. Accessed on: 18 May 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15950053>{{cite journal |author=Bar-Shira Maymon B, Yavetz H, Yogev L, ''et al.'' |title=Detection of calretinin expression in abnormal immature Sertoli cells in non-obstructive azoospermia |journal=Acta Histochem. |volume=107 |issue=2 |pages=105–12 |year=2005 |pmid=15950053 |doi=10.1016/j.acthis.2005.02.002 |url=}}</ref> | *Calretinin +ve.<ref>URL: [http://www.antibodybeyond.com/reviews/cell-markers/leydig-cell-marker.htm http://www.antibodybeyond.com/reviews/cell-markers/leydig-cell-marker.htm]. Accessed on: 18 May 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15950053>{{cite journal |author=Bar-Shira Maymon B, Yavetz H, Yogev L, ''et al.'' |title=Detection of calretinin expression in abnormal immature Sertoli cells in non-obstructive azoospermia |journal=Acta Histochem. |volume=107 |issue=2 |pages=105–12 |year=2005 |pmid=15950053 |doi=10.1016/j.acthis.2005.02.002 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Melan A.<ref name=pmid12966351>{{cite journal |author=Yao DX, Soslow RA, Hedvat CV, Leitao M, Baergen RN |title=Melan-A (A103) and inhibin expression in ovarian neoplasms |journal=Appl. Immunohistochem. Mol. Morphol. |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=244–9 |year=2003 |month=September |pmid=12966351 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Melan A +ve.<ref name=pmid12966351>{{cite journal |author=Yao DX, Soslow RA, Hedvat CV, Leitao M, Baergen RN |title=Melan-A (A103) and inhibin expression in ovarian neoplasms |journal=Appl. Immunohistochem. Mol. Morphol. |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=244–9 |year=2003 |month=September |pmid=12966351 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**AKA ''MART-1''. | **[[AKA]] ''MART-1''. | ||
**Expressed in [[melanoma]], [[adrenal gland|adrenal tissue]], steroid-secreting tumours. | **Expressed in [[melanoma]], [[adrenal gland|adrenal tissue]], steroid-secreting tumours. | ||