Primary pure carcinoid tumor of the testis: Radiology, pathology and molecular correlation

Gang Wang; Wei Xiong; Tracy Tucker; Henry Tran; Lucia Nappi; Ren Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101787

Primary pure carcinoid tumor of the testis: Radiology, pathology and molecular correlation

Urol Case Rep. 2021 Jul 21:39:101787. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101787. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Gang Wang¹, Wei Xiong², Tracy Tucker¹, Henry Tran³, Lucia Nappi⁴, Ren Yuan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, British Columbia Cancer Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Pathology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Urology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Department of Radiology, British Columbia Cancer Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Abstract

We describe a case of a primary carcinoid tumor of the testis in a 35-year-old man as an incidental finding. Testicular ultrasound showed a 1.1 cm hypoechoic/isoechoic mass with some calcification in the left testicle. The pathology examination of the radical orchiectomy demonstrated a pure carcinoid tumor, with the adjacent coarse calcification. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed 35 % of the tumor cells had one additional chromosome 12p11.21 signal. This case adds to the rare reports in the literature of a primary pure carcinoid tumor of the testis, and provides additional insight into the radiological and pathological correlation of this disease.

Keywords: Carcinoid tumor; Pathological; Radiological; Testicle.

Publication types

Case Reports