Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass

Scrotal leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor arising from the dartos layer of the scrotum presenting as firm, rubbery, non-tender, irregular mass. To date about 37 cases of leiomyosarcoma of scrotum have so far been reported. Treatment involves wide surgical excision with tumor free margins. We report a c...

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Autores principales: Bansal, Devesh, Varghese, Jophy, Babu, Manas, Mehta, Nisarg, Rathore, Ranjeet S., Mehta, Sony, Pillai, Biju S., Sam, Mohan P., Moorthy, Krishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.009
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author Bansal, Devesh
Varghese, Jophy
Babu, Manas
Mehta, Nisarg
Rathore, Ranjeet S.
Mehta, Sony
Pillai, Biju S.
Sam, Mohan P.
Moorthy, Krishna
author_facet Bansal, Devesh
Varghese, Jophy
Babu, Manas
Mehta, Nisarg
Rathore, Ranjeet S.
Mehta, Sony
Pillai, Biju S.
Sam, Mohan P.
Moorthy, Krishna
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description Scrotal leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor arising from the dartos layer of the scrotum presenting as firm, rubbery, non-tender, irregular mass. To date about 37 cases of leiomyosarcoma of scrotum have so far been reported. Treatment involves wide surgical excision with tumor free margins. We report a case of scrotal leiomyosarcoma in a 48-year-old man which was treated by a wide surgical excision and follow up of 14 months showed no recurrence of tumor.
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spelling pubmed-49096352016-06-22 Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass Bansal, Devesh Varghese, Jophy Babu, Manas Mehta, Nisarg Rathore, Ranjeet S. Mehta, Sony Pillai, Biju S. Sam, Mohan P. Moorthy, Krishna Urol Case Rep Oncology Scrotal leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor arising from the dartos layer of the scrotum presenting as firm, rubbery, non-tender, irregular mass. To date about 37 cases of leiomyosarcoma of scrotum have so far been reported. Treatment involves wide surgical excision with tumor free margins. We report a case of scrotal leiomyosarcoma in a 48-year-old man which was treated by a wide surgical excision and follow up of 14 months showed no recurrence of tumor. Elsevier 2016-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4909635/ /pubmed/27335790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.009 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Oncology
Bansal, Devesh
Varghese, Jophy
Babu, Manas
Mehta, Nisarg
Rathore, Ranjeet S.
Mehta, Sony
Pillai, Biju S.
Sam, Mohan P.
Moorthy, Krishna
Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title_full Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title_fullStr Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title_short Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as a Scrotal Mass
title_sort leiomyosarcoma presenting as a scrotal mass
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.009
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