Pure testicular carcinoid associated with intratubular germ cell neoplasia

J Clin Pathol. 2005 Dec;58(12):1331-3. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.022541.

Abstract

This case report describes for the first time a case of pure testicular carcinoid pre-aortic lymph node metastases in a 25 year old patient with carcinoid syndrome. The simultaneous occurrence of intratubular germ cell neoplasia in the surrounding testicular tissue was identified by OCT4 and placental-like alkaline phosphatase positivity. This confirmed that the tumour had a germ cell origin in the testis, rather than being a metastasis from an extragenital carcinoid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*