CLINICALLY OCCULT LEYDIG-CELL TUMOR IN A CRYPTORCHID MAN - REPORT OF A CASE PRESENTING WITH UNILATERAL GYNECOMASTIA AND IMPOTENCE

Authors
DOUNIS A PAPACHARALAMPOUS A
Citation
A. Dounis et A. Papacharalampous, CLINICALLY OCCULT LEYDIG-CELL TUMOR IN A CRYPTORCHID MAN - REPORT OF A CASE PRESENTING WITH UNILATERAL GYNECOMASTIA AND IMPOTENCE, European urology, 32(3), 1997, pp. 368-370
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
European urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03022838
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
368 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0302-2838(1997)32:3<368:COLTIA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Left painful breast enlargement and impotence were the main complaints of a right cryptorchid young man. On ultrasonography a hypoechoic mas s was found in the right testis. Post-operatively the increased level of estrogens and the decreased levels of testosterone were normalized 6 months following the orchiectomy, gynecomastia subsided considerably and the impotence improved quite satisfactorily.