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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma. It should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed. | [[Surgery]] is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma. It should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
* Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma.<ref name="978-1-4557-4858-7">{{cite book | last = Sperling | first = M | title = Pediatric endocrinology | publisher = Elsevier/Saunders | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-1-4557-4858-7 }}</ref> | * [[Surgery]] is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma.<ref name="978-1-4557-4858-7">{{cite book | last = Sperling | first = M | title = Pediatric endocrinology | publisher = Elsevier/Saunders | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-1-4557-4858-7 }}</ref> | ||
* The tumor should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed. | * The [[tumor]] should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed. | ||
Gonadectomy is indicated only to those with: | Gonadectomy is [[Indication (medicine)|indicated]] only to those with: | ||
# Y chromosome content | # [[Y chromosome|Y chromosomal]] content | ||
# [[Virilization]]. | # [[Virilization]]. | ||
Bilateral gonadectomy is indicated when the contralateral gonad is abnormal or undescended. | [[Bilateral]] gonadectomy is [[Indications and usage|indicated]] when the [[contralateral]] [[gonad]] is [[abnormal]] or [[Undescended testes|undescended]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma. It should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed.
Surgery
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for gonadoblastoma.[1]
- The tumor should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed.
Gonadectomy is indicated only to those with:
- Y chromosomal content
- Virilization.
Bilateral gonadectomy is indicated when the contralateral gonad is abnormal or undescended.
References
- ↑ Sperling, M (2014). Pediatric endocrinology. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 978-1-4557-4858-7.