Congenital juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the testis in a fetus showing full 69,XXY triploidy

Int J Surg Pathol. 2005 Apr;13(2):219-21. doi: 10.1177/106689690501300216.

Abstract

Testicular juvenile granulosa cell tumor (TJGCT) occurs predominantly in infancy and may be associated with sex chromosomal abnormalities. We report a fetus aborted because of cytogenetically confirmed complete XXY triploidy. External genitalia of the fetus were female, with a short and patent vagina. The tumor presented as an abdominal multicystic mass with typical histologic and immunohistological features of JGCT. It was connected with a tubular uterus-like structure. The other gonad was an inguinally localized testis that showed histologically a Sertoli cell adenoma. Malformations typical for triploidy were also present: agenesis of the corpus callosum, stenosis of the pulmonary ostium, and hypoplasia of the lungs and adrenals. To our knowledge this is the first case of TJGCT in a triploid fetus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Eugenic
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Disorders of Sex Development / genetics
  • Disorders of Sex Development / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fetus / abnormalities*
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis
  • Granulosa Cell Tumor / congenital
  • Granulosa Cell Tumor / genetics
  • Granulosa Cell Tumor / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Polyploidy*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / congenital
  • Testicular Neoplasms / genetics
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor