title: Primary paratesticular osteosarcoma: case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: Primary paratesticular osteosarcoma is an extremely rare malignancy and, to date, only a few cases have been reported. To our knowledge, no such case arising directly from paratesticular soft tissue has been described. We describe a 52-year-old man who presented with left scrotal swelling and an excisional biopsy that revealed a sarcomatous lesion. Left inguinal orchiectomy was performed and histologic examination of the extensively sampled lesion revealed a pure paratesticular osteosarcoma. The patient died 6 months after the diagnosis with disseminated disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, King Hussein Medical Centre, The Royal Medical Services Amman, Jordan. anwar_almasri@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Masri
authors.forename: Mubarak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Shraim
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu Al-Samen
authors.forename: Runjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chetty
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*