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A brenner tumor of the testis
Author(s) -
Goldman Ronald L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197010)26:4<853::aid-cncr2820260419>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - germinal epithelium , mesonephric duct , rete testis , epithelium , pathology , biology , anatomy , medicine , endocrinology , andrology , kidney , sperm , epididymis , spermatogenesis
The third case of a testicular Brenner tumor is presented. Based on histologic as well as embryologic studies, a hypothesis is made which reconciles advocates of origin of the Brenner tumor from germinal epithelium (müllerian) with proponents of origin in the rete complex (wolffian) the rete tubules have been tacitly linked with mesonephric rests, but they are, in fact, probably derived from germinal epithelium, and commingling with the mesonephric system is by no means constant the ovarian Brenner tumor is thus viewed as a derivative of germinal epithelium, whether it be located over the cortical surface or lining tubules of the rete ovarii. Testicular Brenner tumors conceivably arise from known müllerian vestiges in the epididymotesticular groove.