Fan Rong, Ulbright Thomas M
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2012 Feb;31(1):21-4. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2011.618874. Epub 2011 Oct 25.
Six of 276 prepubertal testicular specimens had atypical germ cells. Specimens from 3 intersex patients met the criteria for intratubular germ cell neoplasia, unclassified type (IGCNU). Of the remaining 3 specimens (2 patients), 1 from a Down syndrome patient had centrally positioned germ cells with mild nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia and expressed fetal germ cell markers (Oct3/4, placental alkaline phosphatase, CD117); it was classified as "delayed germ cell maturation". The remaining 2 specimens (1 patient) were diagnosed as IGCNU but, in retrospect, the patient had an undiagnosed intersex disorder. We therefore did not find a bona fide case of IGCNU in prepubertal testes apart from an intersex disorder.
276份青春期前睾丸标本中有6份含有非典型生殖细胞。3例两性畸形患者的标本符合未分类型管内生殖细胞瘤(IGCNU)的标准。在其余3份标本(2例患者)中,1份来自唐氏综合征患者的标本有位于中央的生殖细胞,伴有轻度核增大和核深染,并表达胎儿生殖细胞标志物(Oct3/4、胎盘碱性磷酸酶、CD117);该标本被分类为“生殖细胞成熟延迟”。其余2份标本(1例患者)被诊断为IGCNU,但回顾发现该患者有一种未被诊断出的两性畸形疾病。因此,除了两性畸形疾病外,我们在青春期前睾丸中未发现真正的IGCNU病例。