title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the spermatic cord: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a morphologically ill-defined tumour of the soft tissues and may involve nearly every organ of the body. MFH of the spermatic cord represents an extremely rare entity and reports of it in the literature are limited. We report a 69-year-old man found to have a left spermatic cord MFH and retroperitoneal and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, who was treated with radical orchiectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. The morphological findings of the spermatic tumour are presented and the literature is reviewed to clarify the potential diagnostic/therapeutic approaches and the prognosis related to spermatic cord MFH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Asvadi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Farahani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seyednejad
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology*