Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with two testis tumors including rare nerve-like cells
By Saegusa, Y et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·2011·Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spermatocytic seminoma with neuroectodermal differentiation and sertoli cell tumor in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old male West Highland White Terrier had two lumps in his undescended testicle. One lump was a Sertoli cell tumor, and the other was a spermatocytic seminoma, which had some unusual features related to nerve cells. After the dog was neutered (castrated), he remained healthy and lived for two more years without any issues.
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Abstract
Two distinct nodules developed in a cryptorchid testis of an 8-year-old male West Highland White Terrier. One nodule was a Sertoli cell tumor. The other was a spermatocytic seminoma with focal primitive neuroectodermal differentiation: formation of Homer-Wright rosettes and perivascular pseudorosettes, with immunoreactivity for S-100 protein, neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, neurofilament-68 kDa, microtubule-associated protein 2, and vimentin. The dog was alive and healthy 2 years after castration.
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