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Abstract
Gonadal interstitial or stromal cell neoplasm composed of only LEYDIG CELLS. These tumors may produce one or more of the steroid hormones such as ANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; and CORTICOSTEROIDS. Clinical symptoms include testicular swelling, GYNECOMASTIA, sexual precocity in children, or virilization (VIRILISM) in females.
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- Interstitial Cell Tumor
- Interstitial Cell Tumors
- Tumor, Interstitial Cell
- Tumor, Leydig Cell
- Tumors, Interstitial Cell
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS in male or OVARIAN NEOPLASMS if in female
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- National Library of Medicine. Leydig Cell Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007984. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007984
- Leydig Cell Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18555162