title: Leiomyosarcoma of the spermatic cord. A case report and a brief review of literature.
abstract: A case of leiomyosarcoma of the spermatic cord, occurring in a 79-year-old male patient, is reported. The tumor was resected with high inguinal ligation and orchiectomy. It was located at the scrotal part of the spermatic cord on the left side and was shown to have originated from the spermatic duct using the dissecting method. Histologically, it was identical to leiomyosarcoma showing a typical morphological appearance of smooth muscle cell tumor in the conventional histochemical preparations as well as a focal positive reaction to antidesmin antibody, a marked nuclear pleomorphism, and abundant mitotic figures. The patient had been untroubled for six months after the resection of the tumor. Leiomyosarcoma arising in spermatic cord is quite rare.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology*