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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Sertoli_cell_tumour_high_mag.jpg
| Image      = Sertoli_cell_tumour_high_mag.jpg  
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| Caption    = Sertoli cell tumour. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Sertoli cell tumour. [[H&E stain]].
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| Micro      = groups of cells in ''cords'' or ''trabeculae'', cells have light staining bubbly cytoplasm +/- large cytoplasmic vacuoles, slightly irregular nucleoli, granular irregular appearing chromatin
| Micro      = groups of cells in ''cords'' or ''trabeculae'', cells have light staining bubbly cytoplasm +/- large cytoplasmic vacuoles, slightly irregular nucleoli, granular irregular appearing chromatin
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      =  [[granulosa cell tumour]], epithelioid [[adenomatoid tumour]], [[sertoli cell nodule]]
| LMDDx      =  [[granulosa cell tumour]], epithelioid [[adenomatoid tumour]], [[sertoli cell nodule]], [[Sertoli-Leydig tumour]]
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        = alpha-inhibin, calretinin
| IHC        = [[SF-1]] +ve, alpha-inhibin +ve, calretinin +ve/-ve,
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
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'''Sertoli cell tumour''' is a sex cord-stromal tumour typically found in the [[testis]].
'''Sertoli cell tumour''' is a sex cord-stromal tumour typically found in the [[testis]]. It is occasionally seen in women.


==General==
==General==
*Arises from ''Sertoli cells'' ([[AKA]] nurse cells).
*Arises from ''Sertoli cells'' ([[AKA]] nurse cells).
*Occasionally seen in women.<ref name=pmid20349797>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zizi-Sermpetzoglou | first1 = A. | last2 = Petrakopoulou | first2 = N. | last3 = Tepelenis | first3 = N. | last4 = Savvaidou | first4 = V. | last5 = Manoloudaki | first5 = K. | last6 = Katsoulis | first6 = M. | title = Pure Sertoli cell tumor. a case report and review of the literature. | journal = Eur J Gynaecol Oncol | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 117-9 | month =  | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20349797 }}</ref>


May be seen in several syndrome - esp. if there is calcification:
May be seen in several syndrome - esp. if there is calcification:
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*Epithelioid [[adenomatoid tumour]].
*Epithelioid [[adenomatoid tumour]].
*[[Sertoli cell nodule]].
*[[Sertoli cell nodule]].
*[[Sertoli-Leydig tumour]] - esp. in [[ovary]].


===Images===
===Images===
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==IHC==
==IHC==
*Alpha-inhibin +ve. (???)
*Alpha-inhibin +ve (~95% of cases<ref name=pmid17721194/>).
*[[Calretinin]] +ve (~55% of cases<ref name=pmid17721194/>).
*Beta-catenin +ve (nuclear).<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Zhang C, Ulbright TM |title=Nuclear Localization of β-Catenin in Sertoli Cell Tumors and Other Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors of the Testis: An Immunohistochemical Study of 87 Cases |journal=Am J Surg Pathol |volume=39 |issue=10 |pages=1390–4 |date=October 2015 |pmid=26034868 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000000455 |url=}}</ref>
**Negative beta-catenin should make one consider other diagnoses.{{fact}}
**May be negative in malignant sertoli cell tumours.
*[[SF-1]] +ve.<ref name=pmid23165333>{{cite journal |authors=Sangoi AR, McKenney JK, Brooks JD, Higgins JP |title=Evaluation of SF-1 expression in testicular germ cell tumors: a tissue microarray study of 127 cases |journal=Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=318–21 |date=July 2013 |pmid=23165333 |doi=10.1097/PAI.0b013e318277cf5a |url=}}</ref>
**Germ cell tumours -ve.
 
Others:
*WT-1 +ve.<ref name=pmid17721194>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhao | first1 = C. | last2 = Bratthauer | first2 = GL. | last3 = Barner | first3 = R. | last4 = Vang | first4 = R. | title = Diagnostic utility of WT1 immunostaining in ovarian sertoli cell tumor. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 9 | pages = 1378-86 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180339961 | PMID = 17721194 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Leydig cell tumour]].
*[[Leydig cell tumour]].
*[[Sertoli-Leydig tumour]].
*[[Sertoli-Leydig tumour]].
*[[Sex cord-stromal tumours]]
*[[Testis]].
*[[Testis]].


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