Difference between revisions of "Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour"

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*** Irregular nuclei with irregular/vacuolated-appearing chromatin.
*** Irregular nuclei with irregular/vacuolated-appearing chromatin.
*** Architecture: tubules, cords or sheets.
*** Architecture: tubules, cords or sheets.
****Classic Sertoli tubule shows an 'antipodal arrangement of nuclei' - nuclei sit near the basement membrane with a fair bit of cytoplasm above the nucleus.
****Classic Sertoli tubule shows an 'antipodal arrangement of nuclei'  
*****Nuclei sit near the basement membrane away from the tubule lumen.
*****A fair bit of cytoplasm sits above the nucleus.
***Mitotic activity may be much lower than expected for the degree of atypia (in comparison to adenocarcinoma).
***Mitotic activity may be much lower than expected for the degree of atypia (in comparison to adenocarcinoma).
*Growth Patterns:
*Growth Patterns: