TY - JOUR
T1 - Unique Case of Giant Adult Paratesticular Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma
AU - Silvestris, Nicola
AU - Zito, Francesco Alfredo
AU - Resta, Leonardo
AU - Popescu, Ondina
AU - Rossi, Roberta
AU - Montemurro, Severino
AU - Colucci, Giuseppe
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - A 50-year-old unmarried rural man was referred for a giant painless scrotal lump which had developed over a period of about six years. At the admission physical examination disclosed a large swelling scrotum and palpable left supraclavicular lymph nodes. Blood counts, renal and hepatic function tests, lactate dehydrogenase, β-HCG, and α-fetoprotein were normal. Computed tomographic scan of thorax and abdomen revealed supraclavicular, mediastinal, and retroperitoneal adenopathies. The patient underwent right-sided radical orchiectomy. The final pathological diagnosis was paratesticular spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma. Unfortunately, few days after surgery, patient presented a clinical and laboratory picture of disseminated intravascular coagulation followed by exitus.
AB - A 50-year-old unmarried rural man was referred for a giant painless scrotal lump which had developed over a period of about six years. At the admission physical examination disclosed a large swelling scrotum and palpable left supraclavicular lymph nodes. Blood counts, renal and hepatic function tests, lactate dehydrogenase, β-HCG, and α-fetoprotein were normal. Computed tomographic scan of thorax and abdomen revealed supraclavicular, mediastinal, and retroperitoneal adenopathies. The patient underwent right-sided radical orchiectomy. The final pathological diagnosis was paratesticular spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma. Unfortunately, few days after surgery, patient presented a clinical and laboratory picture of disseminated intravascular coagulation followed by exitus.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.urology.2008.09.025
DO - 10.1016/j.urology.2008.09.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 19036416
AN - SCOPUS:60549083487
VL - 73
SP - 500
EP - 502
JO - Urology
JF - Urology
SN - 0090-4295
IS - 3
ER -