| MP term: | Leydig cell tumor |
| Synonym: | interstitial cell tumor of testis |
| MP id: | MP:0009592 |
| Definition: | rare testicular tumors of the male gonadal interstitium that are frequently hormonally active, leading to feminizing or virilizing syndromes; Leydig cell tumors comprise 1-3% of all testicular neoplasms, can be pure or mixed with other sex cord-stromal or germ cell tumors, and are usually benign, although malignant variants also occur |
| Number of paths to term: | 2 |
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tumorigenesisaltered tumor susceptibilityabnormal tumor incidenceincreased tumor incidenceincreased organ/body region tumor incidenceincreased gland tumor incidencetestis tumorLeydig cell tumor [MP:0009592] (7 genotypes, 7 annotations)testicular teratomatumorigenesisaltered tumor susceptibilityabnormal tumor incidenceincreased tumor incidenceincreased organ/body region tumor incidenceincreased reproductive system tumor incidencegonad tumortestis tumorLeydig cell tumor [MP:0009592] (7 genotypes, 7 annotations)testicular teratomaMouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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