Spermatic Cord Metastasis of Esophageal Cancer, Mimicking as an Incarcerated Hernia.
- Author:
Kyung Seok HAN
1
;
Sung Su KIM
;
Hyung Jun KIM
;
Eun Ah SHIN
;
Jin Sub CHOI
;
Kun Ho RHA
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Esophageal neoplasms;
Spermatic cord;
Hernia;
inguinal;
Neoplasm metastasis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Drug Therapy;
Emergencies;
Epididymis;
Esophageal Neoplasms*;
Esophagus;
Hernia*;
Humans;
Male;
Mesentery;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Pathology;
Radiotherapy;
Spermatic Cord*;
Testis;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2005;46(2):197-199
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Metastatic cancers in the spermatic cord are extremely rare. A 79-year-old man, who had undergone palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy one year previously, due to inoperable esophageal cancer, visited our hospital suffering from right inguinal swelling. Ultrasonography showed echogenic lesions superior to the right testis, suspicious of a swollen bowel loop. An emergency exploration revealed no bowel content or mesentery, but with thickened of the spermatic cord and epididymis four times that of the contralateral side. Pathology confirmed a metastatic carcinoma, likely to have originated from the esophagus.
