1960
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-20-12-1622
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Interstitial-Cell Tumor of the Testis: Report of Two Cases

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“…The 17-KS excretion ranged from 20 to 1,000 mg daily in four reported cases (1,4,5,7) and in our case, and it was thus within the range usually found with adrenocortical carcinoma (34). Although the steroid biosynthetic activity of the interstitial cell tumor was not suppressed by exogenous androgen as is the normal interstitial cell (35), the response to HCG demonstrated that the tumor was not completely autonomous.…”
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“…The 17-KS excretion ranged from 20 to 1,000 mg daily in four reported cases (1,4,5,7) and in our case, and it was thus within the range usually found with adrenocortical carcinoma (34). Although the steroid biosynthetic activity of the interstitial cell tumor was not suppressed by exogenous androgen as is the normal interstitial cell (35), the response to HCG demonstrated that the tumor was not completely autonomous.…”
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“…The average excretion of estrone was 75 ,ug per 24 hours; estriol, 29 ,ug per 24 hours; and estradiol, less than 13 ,ug per 24 hours. Other patients with interstitial cell carcinoma have had an increased excretion of estrogens determined either by bioassay (4, 7) or chemically (5).…”
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