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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb;11(2):PD04-PD05.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/23653.9156. Epub 2017 Feb 1.

Intrascrotal Muscular Myxoma - A Case Report

Prasanna Kumar Debata  1 , Vivek G Nath  2 , Ramakant Mohanty  3 , Jitendra Kumar Barad  2 , Debasis Debata  4
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Intrascrotal Muscular Myxoma - A Case Report

Prasanna Kumar Debata et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Myxomas are gelatinous tumours that commonly appear as circumscribed masses situated within muscles. It can occur at various sites. However, mostly found in cardiac muscles and skeletal muscles of extremities. Published cases of intrascrotal myxoma are rare in literature. A 28-year-old male was admitted to our General Surgery Department with a history of a gradually enlarging mass in the scrotum and scrotal discomfort since two years. After cytological and imaging investigations, a scrotal exploration was performed with plexiform neurofibroma as the preoperative diagnosis. Histopathological examination of the specimen revealed features of intramuscular myxoma. Although a relatively rare diagnosis, intramuscular myxoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis of testicular and paratesticular tumours.

Keywords: Mesenchymal tumour; Myxoid matrix; Scrotal mass; Spindled cells; Stellate cells.

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Clinical photograph of intrascrotal muscular myxoma.
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Intraoperative photograph of scrotal muscular myxoma.
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Cut section of excised scrotal muscular myxoma.
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Low power H&E stained histopathological picture of muscular myxoma.
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A 40x magnified H&E stained histopathological picture of muscular myxoma.
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