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Case Reports
. 2005 Aug;2(8):398-402; quiz 403.
doi: 10.1038/ncpuro0257.

Adult paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma

Kazunori Haga  1 , Akira Kashiwagi, Satoshi Nagamori, Katushige Yamashiro
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Case Reports

Adult paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma

Kazunori Haga et al. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

Background: A 29-year-old male patient presented with a history of painless enlargement of the left hemiscrotum.

Investigations: Laboratory tests for beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin, alpha-fetoprotein, and lactate dehydrogenase, physical examination, and CT of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. Histologic examination, nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph-node dissection.

Diagnosis: Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma with lymph node metastasis.

Management: Inguinal radical orchiectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for 48 weeks. Radiotherapy and additional chemotherapy were administered following local recurrence.

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