An Excessive Testosterone Producing Testicular Leydig Cell Tumor as a Rare Cause of Secondary Acquired Erythrocytosis

Urology. 2020 Aug:142:e32-e35. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.03.037. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Authors

Yves Deruyver¹, Charlotte Gabriel², Sarah Debussche³, Marjan Waterloos⁴, Stefaan Huybrechts⁴, Peter Dekuyper⁴, Filip Ameye⁴, Jan Dierick⁵, Anthony Van Baelen⁴

Affiliations

¹ AZ Maria Middelares, Department of Urology, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Yves.deruyver@kuleuven.be.
² AZ Maria Middelares, Department of Pathology, Ghent, Belgium.
³ AZ Maria Middelares, Department of Haematology, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ AZ Maria Middelares, Department of Urology, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ AZ Maria Middelares, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 32289359
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.03.037

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Leydig Cell Tumor / complications
Leydig Cell Tumor / metabolism*
Male
Polycythemia / etiology*
Testicular Neoplasms / complications
Testicular Neoplasms / metabolism*
Testosterone / biosynthesis*

Substances

Testosterone