A rare case of giant leiomyosarcoma in a filarial scrotum: a case report

Giant leiomyosarcoma of scrotum is a rare tumour. A case of scrotum leiomyosarcoma is presented in a 67 year old patient with scrotal filariasis which was managed successfully with total scrotectomy with bilateral orchidectomy, degloved penis reconstructed with rotation advancement supra pubic fasci...

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Autores principales: Talikoti, Majid Ahmed, Deo, SV S, Shukla, Nootan K, Kallianpur, Ashwin A, Gupta, Mamraj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21310071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-9-20
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Sumario:Giant leiomyosarcoma of scrotum is a rare tumour. A case of scrotum leiomyosarcoma is presented in a 67 year old patient with scrotal filariasis which was managed successfully with total scrotectomy with bilateral orchidectomy, degloved penis reconstructed with rotation advancement supra pubic fasciocutaneous flap. We made a literature search proving the rarity of this lesion type. Only 36 cases have been described and the first case in a filarial scrotum

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