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Leydig Cell Tumour of the Testis in a 61/2 Year Old Boy
Author(s) -
MOE PETER JOHAN,
IVERSEN OLAV HILMAR
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1961.tb08195.x
Subject(s) - leydig cell , medicine , urinary system , urine , cell , endocrinology , urology , pathology , physiology , biology , hormone , genetics , luteinizing hormone
Summary A case of Leydig cell tumour in a 61/2‐year‐old boy is presented. The need for more elaborate methods for the biochemi‐cal separation of Leydig cell tumour from aberrant adreno‐cortical tissue is stressed. Normal urinary output of Pregnanetriol and a lack of increase of the 17‐beta‐ketosteroids in the urine in a patient with a tumour in one of the testes serve to exclude the possibility of an adreno‐cortical disorder.