Spermatocytic seminoma with neuroectodermal differentiation and sertoli cell tumor in a dog

Vet Pathol. 2011 Sep;48(5):1024-8. doi: 10.1177/0300985810385150. Epub 2010 Oct 7.

Abstract

Two distinct nodules developed in a cryptorchid testis of an 8-year-old male West Highland White Terrier. One nodule was a Sertoli cell tumor. The other was a spermatocytic seminoma with focal primitive neuroectodermal differentiation: formation of Homer-Wright rosettes and perivascular pseudorosettes, with immunoreactivity for S-100 protein, neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, neurofilament-68 kDa, microtubule-associated protein 2, and vimentin. The dog was alive and healthy 2 years after castration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Male
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors / pathology
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors / surgery
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors / veterinary*
  • Orchiectomy / veterinary
  • Seminoma / pathology
  • Seminoma / surgery
  • Seminoma / veterinary*
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / pathology
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / surgery
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / veterinary*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Testicular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Testicular Neoplasms / veterinary*