2002•Archives of Pathology & Laboratory MedicineRequires access
Necrotic seminoma of the testis: establishing the diagnosis with Masson trichrome stain and immunostains.
Barbara D. Florentine, Arno A. Roscher, Jerry Garrett, Nancy E. Warner
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Abstract
○ We describe an infarcted mass in the testis containing ghost cells suspicious for neoplasm. The entire lesion was necrotic. A Masson trichrome stain greatly improved nuclear and cytologic detail, confirming the suspicion of neoplasm. Placental alkaline phosphatase revealed specific membrane staining of the neoplastic cells and established a diagnosis of seminoma. Masson trichrome plus selected immunostains offer a promising approach to the diagnosis of certain necrotic neoplasms.