title: Spermatic cord metastasis as an initial manifestation of non-small cell carcinoma of the lung.
abstract: Lung cancer is among the most common cancers which continue to be a major cause of death in the world and many present with distant metastasis in advanced stages precluding curative treatment. Herein, we report a 62-year-old male patient admitted to our hospital with complaint of a painful mass in his left inguinal region. Surprisingly, a chest radiograph revealed a mass in his left lung with ipsilateral pleural effusion. Thorough radiological and pathologic examinations he was confirmed to have a non-small cell lung cancer with only spermatic cord metastasis and unfortunately the patient died two weeks after admission.
authors.affiliation: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey. drckaya@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Handan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanrikulu
authors.forename: Gulhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Fugen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aker
authors.forename: Muhammet Ihsan
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Karaman
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000473:pathology*; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*