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Leydig cell tumor after treatment for Ewing's sarcoma.

Butros LJ, Phillip S, Chou A, Meyers PA, Huvos AG, Healey JH, Russo P, Gorlick RG

Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Leydig cell tumors account for 3% of testicular tumors and have never been reported after treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. We report the unusual occurrence of a patient who developed a Leydig cell tumor of the testis 18 years after successful treatment for Ewing's sarcoma. Additional monitoring for second malignancies may become appropriate as long-term survival continues to improve for patients with Ewing's sarcoma.

Published 22 October 2007 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 49(7): 1008-10.
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