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A unique case of a malignant Sertoli cell tumour with cutaneous metastasis.

Blick C, Abdelhadi S, Bailey D, Kelleher J, Muneer A

Harold Hopkins Department of Urology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK. cblick@doctors.org.uk

Pure Sertoli cell tumours (SCTs) represent less than 1% of testicular neoplasms and malignant forms are rare. We present a unique case of a 69-year-old man who initially underwent inguinal orchidectomy for a malignant SCT. He then subsequently developed a paraumbilical cutaneous lesion which was histologically identical to the primary tumour. SCTs rarely metastasise. This is the first case of SCT with cutaneous metastasis described in the literature.

Published 11 February 2008 in ScientificWorldJournal, 8: 95-7.
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