title: [Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the spermatic cord].
abstract: Non-Hodgkin s lymphoma of the spermatic cord are rare. There is the registration of 14 (fourteen) cases of spermatic cord lymphoma in the literature, all treated with radical orchiectomy with or without radiotherapy. The adjuvant chemotherapy still is not a consensus, therefore the therapy must be individualized and applied according to the stage of the disease. The present study report a new case of primary non-Hodgkin s lymphoma of the spermatic cord treated with radical orchiectomy through inguinal via with precocious ligature of the spermatic cord and adjuvant chemotherapy. Presently found with 2 and a half years of follow-up without recidivation clinical evidence, as the image exams show to be normal.
authors.affiliation: Cirurgia Plástica do Instituto Ivo Pitanguy - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BR. marcelowralmeida@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Marcelo Wilson Rocha
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: André Bauer Sica
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.forename: Gilca Costa
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Nachtigal
authors.forename: Valéria Magalhães
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Fábio Silveira
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013085:Spermatic Cord