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Spermatic Cord Leiomyosarcoma Rare Case

Case description of a male patient of 64 years who presents a left groin-scrotum painless tumor, growing, from several months of evolution. Physical examination demonstrated the existence of a mass effect of the left distal spermatic cord, and was later confirmed by ultrasound and CT. Laboratory par...

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Autores principales: Frigerio, Pamela, Muruato-Araiza, Jesus Sebastian, Marcos-Morales, Selim, Cepeda-Nieto, Ana Cecilia, Berdeal-Fernandez, Eliseo, Zepeda-Contreras, Sebastián
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.01.002
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Sumario:Case description of a male patient of 64 years who presents a left groin-scrotum painless tumor, growing, from several months of evolution. Physical examination demonstrated the existence of a mass effect of the left distal spermatic cord, and was later confirmed by ultrasound and CT. Laboratory parameters were normal. The performed surgery consisted in a radical orchiectomy with high ligation of the left cord. In conclusion, preoperative diagnosis of spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma is difficult we need the combination of present illness, physical examination, exams and the gold standard histopathological and immunohistochemical studies allowed a definitive diagnosis.