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Image:Leydig_cells_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Leydig cells - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Leydig_cells_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Leydig cells - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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====Associated structures====
{{main|Epididymis}}
*[[Epididymis]] - stores the sperm.
**Pseudostratified epithelium with [[cilia]].
Image:
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Image:Epididymis_high_mag.jpg |[[Micrograph]] of an epididymis. [[H&E stain]].
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www:
www:
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=27&n=5 Rete testis (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=27&n=5 Rete testis (webpathology.com)].
====Associated structures====
====Epididymis====
{{main|Epididymis}}
*[[Epididymis]] - stores the sperm.
**Pseudostratified epithelium with [[cilia]].
Image:
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Image:Epididymis_high_mag.jpg |[[Micrograph]] of an epididymis. [[H&E stain]].
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====Appendix of testis====
====Appendix of testis====
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**[[Leydig cell tumour]].
**[[Leydig cell tumour]].
**[[Sertoli cell tumour]].
**[[Sertoli cell tumour]].
===Serum markers of testicular tumours===
*AFP (alpha-fetoprotein)
*hCG.
*LDH (lactate dehydrogenase).
*M371 (microRNA-371a-3p).<ref name=pmid37568759>{{cite journal |authors=Nestler T, Schoch J, Belge G, Dieckmann KP |title=MicroRNA-371a-3p-The Novel Serum Biomarker in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors |journal=Cancers (Basel) |volume=15 |issue=15 |pages= |date=August 2023 |pmid=37568759 |pmc=10417034 |doi=10.3390/cancers15153944 |url=}}</ref>


===IHC for GCTs===
===IHC for GCTs===
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*CD30 - embryonal carcinoma.
*CD30 - embryonal carcinoma.
*[[D2-40]] - seminoma.
*[[D2-40]] - seminoma.
*SALL4 - most [[germ cell tumour]]s.


===Tabular summary of GCTs===
===Tabular summary of GCTs===
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