Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Jan 2018)

Spermatocytic seminoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation: Case report and review of literature

  • Vinita Pandey,
  • Yasmeen Khatib,
  • Archana Laxman Khade,
  • Rahul Pandey,
  • Manisha S Khare

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_243_17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 3
pp. 437 – 439

Abstract

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Spermatocytic seminoma (SCS) is an indolent germ cell tumor of the testis. It has an excellent prognosis and orchidectomy is generally curative. Very rarely, it can be complicated by a sarcomatous transformation which is associated with a very aggressive behavior and requires adjuvant therapy. SCS with sarcomatous component is a very rare occurrence with <20 cases described in the world literature of which eight showed rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. We report a case of SCS with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation in a 60-year-old male along with a short review of literature.

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