Smooth muscle tumors of the testicular adnexa.
One of 3 patients with peiomyosarcomas of the epididymis and spermatic cord treated by inguinal orchietomy was cured, 1 died 18 months after diagnosis and 1 was living but had a pulmonary metastasis 4 years after excision of the primary tumor. All 3 patients with leiomyoma of the testicular adnexa were cured. The literature concerning smooth muscle tumors of the adnexa is reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D002369:Castration; D004822:Epididymis / Q000473:pathology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology