he possibility of diagnosing neoplastic testis pathologies by studying immature germ cells released from the seminiferous epithelium and present in the semen has been reported. It has been suggested that carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the testis and testis tumor may be identified by studying specific surface antigenic determinants or ploidy of chromosome 1 of malignant germ cells recovered from the semen. A noninvasive diagnostic approach of this type would be of great interest if we consider that CIS is supposed to precede the development of testicular germ cell tumors and that the frequency of that preneoplastic condition is increased in specific andrologic pathologies. To evaluate the reliability of this diagnostic approach, we have quantified the presence of immature hyperdiploid germ cells in the seminal fluid of normal healthy subjects, of infertile oligozoospermic patients affected by maldescended testis or left vancocele, and of patients suffering from CIS or testis tumor. Cell ploidy was evaluated on seminal cell fractions highly enriched in immature germ cells, by means of in situ hybridization with a DNA-probe specific for chromosome 1. Our observations indicate that chromosome 1 hyperdiploidy is not necessarily a predictive parameter of testis tumoral pathologies. The percentage of hyperdiploid immature seminal germ cells is in fact increased in nontumoral pathologies associated with infertility, such as cryptorchidism and left varicocele.

Is hyperploidy of immature germ cells predictive of testis malignancy?: A comparative study in healty normozoospermic, infertile and testis tumor suffering patients / Salanova, M.; Gandini, Loredana; Lenzi, Andrea; Chiarenza, C.; Filippini, Antonio; Dondero, F.; Di Silverio, F.; Stefanini, Mario. - In: LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. - ISSN 0023-6837. - 79:(1999), pp. 1127-1135.

Is hyperploidy of immature germ cells predictive of testis malignancy?: A comparative study in healty normozoospermic, infertile and testis tumor suffering patients

GANDINI, Loredana;LENZI, Andrea;FILIPPINI, Antonio;STEFANINI, Mario
1999

Abstract

he possibility of diagnosing neoplastic testis pathologies by studying immature germ cells released from the seminiferous epithelium and present in the semen has been reported. It has been suggested that carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the testis and testis tumor may be identified by studying specific surface antigenic determinants or ploidy of chromosome 1 of malignant germ cells recovered from the semen. A noninvasive diagnostic approach of this type would be of great interest if we consider that CIS is supposed to precede the development of testicular germ cell tumors and that the frequency of that preneoplastic condition is increased in specific andrologic pathologies. To evaluate the reliability of this diagnostic approach, we have quantified the presence of immature hyperdiploid germ cells in the seminal fluid of normal healthy subjects, of infertile oligozoospermic patients affected by maldescended testis or left vancocele, and of patients suffering from CIS or testis tumor. Cell ploidy was evaluated on seminal cell fractions highly enriched in immature germ cells, by means of in situ hybridization with a DNA-probe specific for chromosome 1. Our observations indicate that chromosome 1 hyperdiploidy is not necessarily a predictive parameter of testis tumoral pathologies. The percentage of hyperdiploid immature seminal germ cells is in fact increased in nontumoral pathologies associated with infertility, such as cryptorchidism and left varicocele.
1999
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Is hyperploidy of immature germ cells predictive of testis malignancy?: A comparative study in healty normozoospermic, infertile and testis tumor suffering patients / Salanova, M.; Gandini, Loredana; Lenzi, Andrea; Chiarenza, C.; Filippini, Antonio; Dondero, F.; Di Silverio, F.; Stefanini, Mario. - In: LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. - ISSN 0023-6837. - 79:(1999), pp. 1127-1135.
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