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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 24;7(2):15.
eCollection 2016 May-Jun.

Primary Testicular Pre-B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Fariba Binesh  1 , Mohammad Forat Yazdi  2 , Alireza Jenabzadeh  3 , Somayeh Hosseini  1 , Roghayeh Massumi  4
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Case Reports

Primary Testicular Pre-B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Fariba Binesh et al. APSP J Case Rep. .

Abstract

Primary testicular lymphoblastic lymphoma is a rare entity. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy referred with unilateral testicular swelling. After preliminary work-up orchiectomy was performed Histopathology detected primary testicular lymphoblastic lymphoma. Lymphoblastic lymphoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of testicular masses in children.

Keywords: Children; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Testis.

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Figure 1:Shows a diffuse and monomorphic tumor cells, between and displacing seminiferous tubules (H and E X10).
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Figure 2:Neoplastic cells expressed CD 45, TdT, CD99 and were negative for CD2 and CD 20 . Ki67 was positive in 90% of tumor cells (IHC stain).
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