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Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Tumours of the spermatic cord are rare. Most tumours of the spermatic cord are metastatic and are typically an incidental finding at orchidectomy for other pathology. Primary pathology is usually from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a very rare presentation of an asymptomatic gastrointestinal...
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2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17619770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.156 |
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author | Paravastu, Sharath C. V. Batra, Meenakshi Ananthakrishnan, Krishnan |
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description | Tumours of the spermatic cord are rare. Most tumours of the spermatic cord are metastatic and are typically an incidental finding at orchidectomy for other pathology. Primary pathology is usually from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a very rare presentation of an asymptomatic gastrointestinal tumour as a spermatic cord mass. male patient presented with a painless scrotal swelling. Radical orchidectomy revealed an adenocarcinoma in the spermatic cord. Further investigations disclosed an adenocarcinoma of the descending colon, metastasing to the spermatic cord that gave a false notion of a scrotal swelling secondary to infection. This unusual situation reminds us that spermatic cord metastases are rare. In the event of nonresponding scrotal swelling to antibiotics, further investigations would be prudent, whilst awaiting the definitive pathology report from the radical orchidectomy. |
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spelling | pubmed-59013182018-06-03 Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature Paravastu, Sharath C. V. Batra, Meenakshi Ananthakrishnan, Krishnan ScientificWorldJournal Case Study Tumours of the spermatic cord are rare. Most tumours of the spermatic cord are metastatic and are typically an incidental finding at orchidectomy for other pathology. Primary pathology is usually from the gastrointestinal tract. We report a very rare presentation of an asymptomatic gastrointestinal tumour as a spermatic cord mass. male patient presented with a painless scrotal swelling. Radical orchidectomy revealed an adenocarcinoma in the spermatic cord. Further investigations disclosed an adenocarcinoma of the descending colon, metastasing to the spermatic cord that gave a false notion of a scrotal swelling secondary to infection. This unusual situation reminds us that spermatic cord metastases are rare. In the event of nonresponding scrotal swelling to antibiotics, further investigations would be prudent, whilst awaiting the definitive pathology report from the radical orchidectomy. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5901318/ /pubmed/17619770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.156 Text en Copyright © 2007 Sharath C. V. Paravastu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Study Paravastu, Sharath C. V. Batra, Meenakshi Ananthakrishnan, Krishnan Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title | Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full | Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_short | Colonic Carcinoma Masquerading as Scrotal Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_sort | colonic carcinoma masquerading as scrotal swelling: a case report and review of literature |
topic | Case Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17619770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.156 |
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