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Sertoli cell

[sər′tō·lē ‚sel]
(histology)
One of the sustentacular cells of the seminiferous tubules.
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Observations on the paper "sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor of the testis: a clinicopathologic study of 20 cases" by Kao et al.
Testicular biopsy results were in compliance with a Sertoli cell tumor and aromatase treatment was initiated.
An unusual Sertoli cell tumor with annular tubules in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: report of a case and review of the literature on ovarian tumors in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Diagnostic utility of WT1 immunostaining in ovarian sertoli cell tumor. Am J Surg Pathol.
Large cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor: a clinicopathologic study of 1 malignant and 3 benign tumors using histomorphology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructure, comparative genomic hybridization, and polymerase chain reaction analysis of the PRKAR1A gene.
Other primary testicular neoplasms in domestic animals are Sertoli cell tumors, interstitial cell tumors, and teratomas.
(63) Macroscopic Sertoli cell nodule is a source of potential confusion with Sertoli cell tumor, (63) and that distinction is important because Sertoli cell tumors have malignant potential.
Utility of immunostaining for S-100 protein subunits in gonadal sex cord-stromal tumors with emphasis on the large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor of the testis.
Almost all primary testicular tumors (95%) are TGCT, while the remaining minority includes nongerminal neoplasms such as Leydig cell tumors, Sertoli cell tumors, or lymphomas.
Ulbright, "Malignant Sertoli cell tumors of the testis: A study of 13 examples of a neoplasm frequently misinterpreted as seminoma," The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, vol.
The most common testicular tumors are Sertoli cell tumors, interstitial cell tumors, and seminomas.
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