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Testicular Fibroma of Gonadal Stromal Origin with Minor Sex Cord Elements, Presenting with Hydrocele
Author(s) -
Saikat Datta,
Soumit Dey,
Sumana Mukherjee,
Prabir Chandra Paul,
A Bhattacharyya,
Sukdeb Biswas,
Balaram Tudu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2013.e34
Subject(s) - medicine , tunica vaginalis , hydrocele , presentation (obstetrics) , spermatic cord , fibroma , case presentation , pathology , surgery
Testicular fibroma of gonadal stromal origin is a rare benign tumor of testis which usually presents as a slow growing testicular mass. Only 25 cases of testicular fibroma have been reported in the literature. Presence of minor sex cord elements in this tumor is even rarer. We report a case of testicular fibroma with minor sex cord elements that involved almost the entire testis and tunica vaginalis. The patient presented with hydrocele, a rare presentation for this entity. The rarity of the diagnosis and the clinical presentation prompted this case report

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