TUMORE A CELLULE DI LEYDIG DEL TESTICOLO

LEYDIG CELLS TUMOR ACCOUNT FOR 1-3% OF ALL TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS. SINCE 1985 WHEN THE FIRST CASE WAS DESCRIBED, MORE THAN 250 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LITERATURE. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ,THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF THIS RARE TUMOR DURE TO THE DEVELOPING OF RADIOIMMUNOLOGICAL AND ECHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES. A CASE OF LEYDIG CELLS TUMOR ASSOCIATED WITH BILATERAL GYNAECOMASTIA ,AS THE ONLY SYMPTOM, IN A 30- YEARS OLD PATIENT , WITH INCREASED PLASMA AND URINARY LEVELS OF ESTRGENS, IS DESCRIBED. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE CONCERNING THE DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS RARE TUMOR OF THE TESTIS IS CARRIED OUT.