Difference between revisions of "Testicular adrenal rest tumour"

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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      =  
| Image      = Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- intermed. mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Width      =
| Caption    =  
| Caption    = Testicular adrenal rest tumour. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = nests of eosinophilic cells interspersed with thin bands of fibrous tissue, mild (endocrine) [[nuclear atypia]]
| Micro      = nests of eosinophilic cells interspersed with thin bands of fibrous tissue, mild (endocrine) [[nuclear atypia]]
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[Leydig cell tumour]]
| LMDDx      = [[Leydig cell tumour]], [[adrenal cortical rest]]
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        = melan A +ve
| IHC        = melan A +ve
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| Rads      =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
| Prognosis  = benign
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| ClinDDx    = other testicular masses
| Tx        =
| Tx        =
}}
}}
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*Benign.<ref name=pmid25485724>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Smeets | first1 = EE. | last2 = Span | first2 = PN. | last3 = van Herwaarden | first3 = AE. | last4 = Wevers | first4 = RA. | last5 = Hermus | first5 = AR. | last6 = Sweep | first6 = FC. | last7 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first7 = HL. | title = Molecular characterization of testicular adrenal rest tumors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: lesions with both adrenocortical and Leydig cell features. | journal = J Clin Endocrinol Metab | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = E524-30 | month = Mar | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1210/jc.2014-2036 | PMID = 25485724 }}</ref>
*Benign.<ref name=pmid25485724>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Smeets | first1 = EE. | last2 = Span | first2 = PN. | last3 = van Herwaarden | first3 = AE. | last4 = Wevers | first4 = RA. | last5 = Hermus | first5 = AR. | last6 = Sweep | first6 = FC. | last7 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first7 = HL. | title = Molecular characterization of testicular adrenal rest tumors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: lesions with both adrenocortical and Leydig cell features. | journal = J Clin Endocrinol Metab | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = E524-30 | month = Mar | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1210/jc.2014-2036 | PMID = 25485724 }}</ref>
*May overlap with [[Leydig cell tumour]] - see ''molecular'' section.
*May overlap with [[Leydig cell tumour]] - see ''molecular'' section.
*Associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
*Associated with ''congenital adrenal hyperplasia'' (abbreviated ''CAH'').
**Prevalence increases with age - one study suggests moderate prevalance at age 10, increasing to 100% of individuals over 16 years of age.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first1 = HL. | last2 = Dehzad | first2 = F. | last3 = Kamphuis-van Ulzen | first3 = K. | last4 = de Korte | first4 = CL. | title = Increased prevalence of testicular adrenal rest tumours during adolescence in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. | journal = Horm Res Paediatr | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 238-44 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1159/000365570 | PMID = 25195868 }}</ref>
**Due to mutation in CYP21A2.<ref name=pmid19531083>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mouritsen | first1 = A. | last2 = Jørgensen | first2 = N. | last3 = Main | first3 = KM. | last4 = Schwartz | first4 = M. | last5 = Juul | first5 = A. | title = Testicular adrenal rest tumours in boys, adolescents and adult men with congenital adrenal hyperplasia may be associated with the CYP21A2 mutation. | journal = Int J Androl | volume = 33 | issue = 3 | pages = 521-7 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00967.x | PMID = 19531083 }}</ref>
**TART prevalence increases with age - one study suggests moderate prevalance at age 10, increasing to 100% of individuals with CAH over 16 years of age.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first1 = HL. | last2 = Dehzad | first2 = F. | last3 = Kamphuis-van Ulzen | first3 = K. | last4 = de Korte | first4 = CL. | title = Increased prevalence of testicular adrenal rest tumours during adolescence in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. | journal = Horm Res Paediatr | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 238-44 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1159/000365570 | PMID = 25195868 }}</ref>


Clinical:
Clinical:
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DDx:
DDx:
*[[Leydig cell tumour]] - history different.
*[[Leydig cell tumour]] - history different.
*[[Adrenal cortical rest]] - architecture different, not a sizable mass lesion and not bilateral.{{fact}}


===Images===
===Images===
====www====
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037253/figure/f4-jrcr-8-2-46/ TART (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037253/figure/f4-jrcr-8-2-46/ TART (nih.gov)].
====Case====
<gallery>
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- low mag.jpg | TART - low mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- intermed. mag.jpg | Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- high mag.jpg | TART - high mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour - alt -- intermed. mag.jpg | TART - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- high mag.jpg | TART - high mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour -- very high mag.jpg | TART - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour - alt -- high mag.jpg | TART - high mag. (WC)
Image: Testicular adrenal rest tumour - alt -- very high mag.jpg | TART - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==IHC==
==IHC==
*Melan A +ve.<ref name=pmid20951518>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mizukami | first1 = H. | last2 = Hamamatsu | first2 = A. | last3 = Mori | first3 = S. | last4 = Hara | first4 = S. | last5 = Kuroda | first5 = M. | last6 = Nagai | first6 = T. | last7 = Fukunaga | first7 = T. | title = Autopsy and genetic diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency with bilateral testicular tumors in a case under no medication for over one year. | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = 206 | issue = 1-3 | pages = e71-5 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.017 | PMID = 20951518 }}</ref>
*Melan A +ve.<ref name=pmid20951518>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mizukami | first1 = H. | last2 = Hamamatsu | first2 = A. | last3 = Mori | first3 = S. | last4 = Hara | first4 = S. | last5 = Kuroda | first5 = M. | last6 = Nagai | first6 = T. | last7 = Fukunaga | first7 = T. | title = Autopsy and genetic diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency with bilateral testicular tumors in a case under no medication for over one year. | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = 206 | issue = 1-3 | pages = e71-5 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.017 | PMID = 20951518 }}</ref>
*CD56 +ve.<ref name=pmid23984262>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ali | first1 = HH. | last2 = Samkari | first2 = A. | last3 = Arabi | first3 = H. | title = Testicular adrenal rest "tumor" or Leydig cell tumor? A report of a challenging case with literature review. | journal = Avicenna J Med | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 15-9 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.4103/2231-0770.112789 | PMID = 23984262 }}</ref>
*AR -ve.<ref name=pmid23984262/>


==Molecular==
==Molecular==
*Molecular characteristics are in keeping with [[adrenal gland|adrenal tissue]]; however, some Leydig cell markers active.<ref name=pmid25485724>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Smeets | first1 = EE. | last2 = Span | first2 = PN. | last3 = van Herwaarden | first3 = AE. | last4 = Wevers | first4 = RA. | last5 = Hermus | first5 = AR. | last6 = Sweep | first6 = FC. | last7 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first7 = HL. | title = Molecular characterization of testicular adrenal rest tumors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: lesions with both adrenocortical and Leydig cell features. | journal = J Clin Endocrinol Metab | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = E524-30 | month = Mar | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1210/jc.2014-2036 | PMID = 25485724 }}</ref>
*Molecular characteristics are in keeping with [[adrenal gland|adrenal tissue]]; however, some Leydig cell markers active.<ref name=pmid25485724>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Smeets | first1 = EE. | last2 = Span | first2 = PN. | last3 = van Herwaarden | first3 = AE. | last4 = Wevers | first4 = RA. | last5 = Hermus | first5 = AR. | last6 = Sweep | first6 = FC. | last7 = Claahsen-van der Grinten | first7 = HL. | title = Molecular characterization of testicular adrenal rest tumors in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: lesions with both adrenocortical and Leydig cell features. | journal = J Clin Endocrinol Metab | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = E524-30 | month = Mar | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1210/jc.2014-2036 | PMID = 25485724 }}</ref>
*Mutation in CYP21A2 causative of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.<ref name=pmid19531083/>


==See also==
==See also==
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