title: [A case of metastatic tumor of spermatic cord from renal cell carcinoma].
abstract: A 51-year-old man was admitted with the complaint of left scrotal swelling (11 x 5 x 5 cm). He had undergone left nephrectomy and removal of tumor thrombus in inferior vena cava due to renal cell carcinoma. Nine months after the nephrectomy, left scrotal enlargement was noticed. Left high orchiectomy was performed on January 20, 1988. A clear cell carcinoma was present in spermatic cord and pampiniform plexus histologically but testis and epididymis were intact. Renal cell carcinoma seemed to disseminate retrograde through the spermatic vein to spermatic cord. The metastatic tumor of spermatic cord from renal cell carcinoma is very rare and this case is the fifth case in the Japanese literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Wakayama Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takenawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ryoji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography