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| *AKA ''testicular tubular adenoma''. | | *AKA ''testicular tubular adenoma''. |
| *AKA ''tubular adenoma of the testis''. | | *AKA ''tubular adenoma of the testis''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Sertoli cell nodule}} |
| *Benign proliferation of Sertoli cells - associated with cryptorchidism (undescended testis).
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| *Not composed of a clonal cell population, i.e. ''not'' neoplastic; thus, technically, should not be called an ''adenoma''.<ref name=Ref_DCHH227>{{Ref DCHH|227}}</ref>
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| ===Gross===
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| *Usually an incidental finding, rarely presents as a testicular mass.<ref name=pmid21107095>{{Cite journal | last1 = Vallangeon | first1 = BD. | last2 = Eble | first2 = JN. | last3 = Ulbright | first3 = TM. | title = Macroscopic sertoli cell nodule: a study of 6 cases that presented as testicular masses. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 12 | pages = 1874-80 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fcab70 | PMID = 21107095 }}</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_DCHH227>{{Ref DCHH|227}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Ricco R, Bufo P |title=[Histologic study of 3 cases of so-called tubular adenoma of the testis] |language=Italian |journal=Boll. Soc. Ital. Biol. Sper. |volume=56 |issue=20 |pages=2110–5 |year=1980 |month=October |pmid=6109541 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| *Unencapsulated nodules composed of well-formed tubules.
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| **May contain eosinophilic (hyaline) blob in lumen (centre).
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| *Cells - vaguely resemble immature Sertoli cells:
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| **Bland hyperchromatic oval/round nuclei that are stratified.
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| DDx:<ref name=pmid21107095/>
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| *[[Sertoli cell tumour]].
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| *[[Sex cord tumour with annular tubules]].
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| *[[Gonadoblastoma]].
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Sertoli_cell_nodule_high_mag.jpg | Sertoli cell nodule - high mag. (WC)
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| Image:Sertoli_cell_nodule_low_mag.jpg | Sertoli cell nodule - low mag. (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| ===IHC===
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| Features:<ref name=pmid21107095/>
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| *Alpha-inhibin +ve (5/5 cases).
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| *OCT3/4 -ve (5/5 cases).
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| Other:
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| *PLAP -ve.
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| ===Sign out===
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| <pre>
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| TESTICLE, LEFT, ORCHIECTOMY:
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| - ATROPHIC TESTICLE.
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| - SERTOLI CELL NODULES.
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| - NEGATIVE FOR INTRATUBULAR GERM CELL NEOPLASIA.
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| - NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| COMMENT:
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| The above findings are supported by immunostains. The tubules stain with alpha-inhibin and
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| are negative for PLAP.
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| </pre>
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| ==Sertoli cell tumour== | | ==Sertoli cell tumour== |