Lai Ning, Zeng Xin, Li Meichan, Shu Jiaze
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Oct 1;8(10):12972-6. eCollection 2015.
Leydig cell tumors are very rare and account for only 3% of testicular tumors and are generally benign. Only less than 0.2% of all testicular cancers were evidenced by metastatic spread. We report a 34-year-old man visited hospital because of coughing sputum mixed with blood. His chest CT showed bilateral patch clouding opacity. He was suspected with allergic alveolitis and treated with methylprednisolone. However, his symptoms and general condition deteriorated, and he visited our hospital. He had no abnormal findings on physical examination. A chest radiograph showed pneumonia in whole lung and CT showed multiple nodules and diffused ground glass opacities in both lung fields. Lung biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of Leydig cell tumor with lung metastasis. The diagnosis is based on the histopathology and immunohistochemistry.
睾丸间质细胞瘤非常罕见,仅占睾丸肿瘤的3%,通常为良性。在所有睾丸癌中,只有不到0.2%有转移扩散的证据。我们报告一名34岁男性因咳嗽伴痰中带血入院。他的胸部CT显示双侧斑片状云雾状模糊影。他被怀疑患有过敏性肺泡炎,并接受了甲泼尼龙治疗。然而,他的症状和一般状况恶化,随后前来我院就诊。体格检查未发现异常。胸部X线片显示全肺肺炎,CT显示双肺野有多个结节和弥漫性磨玻璃影。肺活检确诊为睾丸间质细胞瘤伴肺转移。诊断基于组织病理学和免疫组织化学检查。