Testicular parenchymal abnormalities in Klinefelter syndrome: a question of cancer? Examination of 40 consecutive patients

Testicular parenchymal abnormalities in Klinefelter syndrome: a question of cancer? Examination of 40 consecutive patients

Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a hypergonadotropic hypogonadism characterized by a 47, XXY karyotype. The risk of testicular cancer in KS is of interest in relation to theories about testicular cancer etiology generally; nevertheless it seems to be low. We evaluated the need for imaging and serum tumo...

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Main Authors: Giacomo Accardo, Gianfranco Vallone, Daniela Esposito, Filomena Barbato, Andrea Renzullo, Giovanni Conzo, Giovanni Docimo, Katherine Esposito, Daniela Pasquali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-02-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:
abdomen magnetic resonance; alpha-fetoprotein; beta-human chorionic gonadotrohin subunit; klinefelter syndrome; lactate dehydrogenase; testicular ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=1;spage=154;epage=158;aulast=Accardo

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