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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar-Apr;26(2):117-119.
doi: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_182_19. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Rare Paratesticular Masses in Children

Mehak Sehgal  1 , Sachit Anand  1 , Anjan Kumar Dhua  1 , Devendra Kumar Yadav  1 , Sudheer Arava  2 , Adarsh Barwad  2
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Case Reports

Rare Paratesticular Masses in Children

Mehak Sehgal et al. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Pediatric paratesticular mass is common in pediatric surgical practice, and they could be because of an underlying encysted hydrocele, a teratoma, or an epididymal cyst. Furthermore, a malignant lesion such as rhabdomyosarcoma should be ruled out. Rare entities, such as fibrous hamartoma of infancy and cellular angiofibroma, are rarely encountered. We report two such cases of paratesticular masses with these rare pathologies.

Keywords: Cellular angiofibroma; fibrous hamartoma of infancy; paratesticular.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (hematoxylin and eosin stain): (a) The lesion is composed of bundles of myofibroblastic components (double star) with interspersed bundles of collagen (star) and mature adipose tissue (arrow). (b) Higher magnification reveals the myofibroblastic nature of the cells with mild chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a and b) A tumor comprising numerous small- to medium-sized vessels uniformly distributed among spindle cells having oval to fusiform nuclei and scant cytoplasm. (c) The tumor cells are immunopositive for CD34
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