Syngeneic consecutive rat spleen transplantation bearing infantile testis.

Lee, S; Yoo, C H; Hong, I C; Bai, S; Nam, S; Lee, D; Sileshi, B; Nozawa, M et al. · Microsurgery · 2001

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Seventy-seven Lewis adult rats received autologous testicular implants in the spleen. These spleens were retransplanted in a consecutive transplant fashion as we described earlier. Some were observed as long as 26 to 27 months. Although earlier splenic-testicular transplants showed benign granulosa cell tumors, some of the long-term follow-ups showed a seminoma-like transformation.

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