Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors (TARTS) With Unusual Histological Features in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

Urology Case Reports
Valeri MarianovskyBoris Mladenov

Abstract

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients with testicular adrenal rest tumors (TARTs) with testicular enlargement present a serious diagnostic challenge. According to the data TARTs are usually benign. They are rare, resulting in paucity in the medical literature regarding their pathological features. We report a case of bilateral synchronous mass-forming TARTs with marked cytological and nuclear atypia misinterpreted as malignant testicular tumors in a 40-years-old man with CAH and CT and MRI data for pheochromocytoma of the right adrenal gland and paraaortal and paracaval lymphadenomegaly. He was previously diagnosed with adrenal cortical carcinoma of the left adrenal gland.

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Dec 4, 2009·International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology·H L Claahsen-van der GrintenB J Otten
Jun 27, 2014·Journal of Radiology Case Reports·Jeffrey Dee Olpin, Benjamin Witt

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