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Malignant Leydig-cell tumour of testis

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A rare case of a malignant Leydig-cell tumour of the testis in a 26-year-old patient, with radical orchiectomy from an inguinal incision is described. Although the results of AFP, HCG, biochemical, X-ray, lymphographic and scintigraphic examinations were negative, the first metastases into the lungs appeared one year after the operation. Combined cytostatic treatment, polychemotherapy and X-ray therapy proved ineffective. The patient died of multiple metastases 28 months after the surgical intervention.

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  1. Department of Urology, Teaching Hospital, Institute of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    I. Červenakov, P. Lepieš, J. Mardiak, B. Ondruš & V. Ďurčany

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Červenakov, I., Lepieš, P., Mardiak, J. et al. Malignant Leydig-cell tumour of testis. International Urology and Nephrology 16, 227–232 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082567

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