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Practical Guide to Surgical Pathology with Cytologic Correlation

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Abstract

About 95% of testicular tumors are of germ cell origin, and they are quite aggressive and spread widely. Testicular tumors of non-germ cell origin are generally benign, and some of them elaborate steroid hormones resulting in endocrinologic syndromes.

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  1. Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, 43699-0008, USA

    Kitai Kim MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytology and Surgical Pathology)

  2. Medical College Hospitals, Toledo, OH, 43699-0008, USA

    Kitai Kim MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytology and Surgical Pathology)

  3. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Bernard Naylor MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytology)

  4. The University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Bernard Naylor MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytology)

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Kim, K., Naylor, B. (1992). Testis. In: Practical Guide to Surgical Pathology with Cytologic Correlation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2764-9_16

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