Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord associated with scrotum lipoma: A case report and review of the literature

Urol Case Rep. 2018 Feb 2:17:114-116. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2018.01.022. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord is a rare disease and often mistakenly diagnosed as inguinal hernia, hydrocele, and lipoma. We report the case of a 58-year-old man who presented with persistent discomfort and swelling on the left inguinal region. He was diagnosed with left scrotum lipoma when he was 12 years old. He underwent high orchiectomy and wide resection of the inguinal tumor. Histopathological examination revealed a well-differentiated liposarcoma of the spermatic cord with negative resection margin and scrotum lipoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of liposarcoma of the spermatic cord with scrotum lipoma in English literature.

Keywords: AFP, α-fetoprotein; CT, computed tomography; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; Lipoma; Liposarcoma; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PET, positron emission tomography; Spermatic cord; β-HCG, β-human chorionic gonadotrophin.

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