Burned-out testicular seminoma with retroperitoneal metastasis and contralateral sertoli cell-only syndrome

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Asian Journal of Urology, 2022, 9 (3): 343-345 doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2021.12.001

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Burned-out testicular seminoma with retroperitoneal metastasis and contralateral sertoli cell-only syndrome

Fiona-Sofia Siokou^a,*(

),Stefan Schweyer^b,Christiane Tympner^b,Christoph Walz^c,Roman Ganzer^d

^aDepartment of Urology, Asklepios Hospital Bad Tölz, Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany
^bPathology Starnberg, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
^cInstitute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Bavaria, Germany
^dDepartment of Urology, Asklepios Hospital Bad Tölz, Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany

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