title: Spermatic cord metastasis as an initial manifestation of sigmoid colon carcinoma: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein the unusual case of a 63-year-old man in whom adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon manifested as metastasis to the left spermatic cord, the capsule of the left testis, and the wall of an associated testicular hydrocele.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Democritus Thrace University, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronidis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsolos
authors.forename: Efthimios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sivridis
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Botaitis
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simopoulos
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*