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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

“Burned out” phenomenon of the testis in retroperitoneal seminoma

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Pages 335-336 | Received 06 Sep 2005, Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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Figure 1.  (A) The testis showed severe tubular atrophy, Leydig cell hyperplasia and absence of germ cells (hematoxylin and eosin×200 magnification). (B) Eosinophilic and mixoid transformation with rare hyalinized tubules (elastic tissue stain×200 magnification). (C) Lymph node core biopsy showed uniform cells with clear cytoplasm and clumped chromatin pattern of nucleus. (D) The neoplastic cells showed strong expression of vimentin. (E) Weak expression of placental alckaline phosphatase.

Figure 1.  (A) The testis showed severe tubular atrophy, Leydig cell hyperplasia and absence of germ cells (hematoxylin and eosin×200 magnification). (B) Eosinophilic and mixoid transformation with rare hyalinized tubules (elastic tissue stain×200 magnification). (C) Lymph node core biopsy showed uniform cells with clear cytoplasm and clumped chromatin pattern of nucleus. (D) The neoplastic cells showed strong expression of vimentin. (E) Weak expression of placental alckaline phosphatase.

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