title: [Spermatic cord sarcomas: current status and report of four cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study and review spermatic cord sarcomas, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We review the Spanish and international literature and report 4 new cases: 2 patients with well-differentiated spermatic cord liposarcomas (1 treated by simple tumorectomy), 1 patient with liposarcomatous degeneration of a previously excised atypical lipoma, and 1 patient operated for a malignant retroperitoneal fibrous histiocytoma with subsequent local recurrence in the paratesticular region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spermatic cord sarcomas are rare entities that usually appear as painless paratesticular mass. They are diagnosed by imaging studies (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance) and confirmed by histological examination. Spermatic cord sarcomas are treated surgically; the efficacy of adjuvant treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy is still under debate.
authors: Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, España. pedrocarrion1980@hotmail.com
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Carrión López
authors: Héctor
authors: H
authors: Pastor Navarro
authors: Jesús
authors: J
authors: Martínez Ruiz
authors: José Miguel
authors: JM
authors: Giménez Bachs
authors: María José
authors: MJ
authors: Donate Moreno
authors: Lorenzo
authors: L
authors: Polo Ruiz
authors: José María
authors: JM
authors: Pastor Guzmán
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Martínez Sanchiz
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Ruiz Mondéjar
authors: Julio Antonio
authors: JA
authors: Virseda Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma; D013085:Spermatic Cord