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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Case report: Obstructive azoospermia as the first presentation of Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Raffaele Scafa, Maurizio Merico, Alfonso Massimiliano Ferrara, Sara Watutantrige Fernando, Pava Srsen, Francesca Schiavi, Stefania Zovato, Alberto Ferlin

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Raffaele ScafaDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Maurizio MericoUnit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Alfonso Massimiliano FerraraFamilial Cancer Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCSS, Padova, Italy.
Sara Watutantrige FernandoFamilial Cancer Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCSS, Padova, Italy.
Pava SrsenDepartment of Medicine, Unit of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Francesca SchiaviFamilial Cancer Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCSS, Padova, Italy.
Stefania ZovatoFamilial Cancer Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)-IRCSS, Padova, Italy.
Alberto FerlinDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the case of a 38-year-old man whose diagnostic workup for primary infertility led to the discovery of obstructive azoospermia due to bilateral papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis (PCE). Given the rarity of this finding and because PCE could be a manifestation of Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), although the patient had no family or personal history of VHL, the

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azoospermiamale infertilitypapillary cystadenoma of the epididymisVHLVon Hippel Lindau

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PMCPMC10756904

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