Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review

In this article, we report an unusual case of a malignant mesothelioma of the testis, presenting as hydrocele. The patient has a known medical history of trauma and occupational exposure to asbestos. The clinical features of this injury are discussed together with its immunohistochemistry. Surgical...

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Autores principales: Baqui, AAM A., Boire, Nicholas A., Baqui, Tajruba T., Etwaru, Dhanan J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30873867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709619827335
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author Baqui, AAM A.
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description In this article, we report an unusual case of a malignant mesothelioma of the testis, presenting as hydrocele. The patient has a known medical history of trauma and occupational exposure to asbestos. The clinical features of this injury are discussed together with its immunohistochemistry. Surgical intervention is discussed due to the nature of this pathology.
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spelling pubmed-64215972019-03-22 Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review Baqui, AAM A. Boire, Nicholas A. Baqui, Tajruba T. Etwaru, Dhanan J. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report In this article, we report an unusual case of a malignant mesothelioma of the testis, presenting as hydrocele. The patient has a known medical history of trauma and occupational exposure to asbestos. The clinical features of this injury are discussed together with its immunohistochemistry. Surgical intervention is discussed due to the nature of this pathology. SAGE Publications 2019-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6421597/ /pubmed/30873867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709619827335 Text en © 2019 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Baqui, AAM A.
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Baqui, Tajruba T.
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Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis—A Malignancy Associated With Asbestos Exposure and Trauma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis—a malignancy associated with asbestos exposure and trauma: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30873867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709619827335
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