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J C Cortez

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Gonadal stromal tumors, gonadoblastomas, epidermoid cysts, and secondary tumors of the testis in children.

Gonadal stromal tumors generally are benign and hormonally silent. When hormonally active, they may cause either virilization or feminization, posing an endocrine threat to the prepubertal boy. Accurate diagnosis is essential to differentiate those tumors that require medical management from those best treated by surgical ablation and to distinguish the benign ones from the malignant. Leukemic infiltration is the most common secondary testis tumor; others are neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, and gonadoblastoma.

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Pasteurella multocida liver abscess.

A previously healthy 61-year-old woman was seen with an abnormal chest roentgenogram and a 3-week history of fever, chills, malaise, and right upper quadrant pain. Blood cultures revealed Pasteurella multocida sensitive to penicillin. Liver spleen radioisotope scan and CT scan revealed space occupying lesions in the right lobe of the liver. The patient was a gardener with no pets or animal exposure. This case illustrates P. multocida septicemia and a liver abscess in a patient without animal exposure. In addition, the possibility of soil as another reservoir of infection is raised.

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