Open AccessEpididymal germinoma: Reality or myth?
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shabi Ahmad,
S. Nagarajan,
Bahzad Koye
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.744
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , pathology , liposarcoma , lesion , mesothelioma , pathological , sarcoma
Epididymal tumours are rare, but definite pathological entity. Mosttumours are benign, however, malignant lesions have also beenreported. The common benign tumours are either leiomyomasor adenomatoid tumours. Malignant pathologies include primaryepididymal adenocarcinoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma,malignant fibrous histiocytoma, mesothelioma and lymphoma. Wepresent a case of a 45-year-old male referred urgently for suspectedscrotal mass which on ultrasonography showed a lesion in the leftepididymal head (possible granuloma).