Solitary neurofibroma of the spermatic cord.
We report a case of solitary neurofibroma of the spermatic cord. Such benign tumors arise from perineural and Schwann cells and may be located in various parts of the body, but are rarely observed in the spermatic cord. No clinical or laboratorial manifestations of von Recklinghausen disease (Neurofibromatosis) were identified. Distinct criteria have been established for a diagnosis of von Recklinghausen disease, so that a solitary neurofibroma may not represent this complex. Only a little number of solitary neurofibromas of the spermatic cord are reported in the literature.
Deliveliotis
Charalampos
C
Department of Urology, Sismanoglio Hospital, Medical School of Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Greece.
Albanis
Stephen
S
Skolarikos
Andreas
A
Varkarakis
John
J
Protogerou
Vasilios
V
Tamvakis
Nikolaos
N
Alargof
Eugene
E
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery