The role of salvage hemiscrotectomy in testicular cancer after scrotal contamination: a case report and literature review

Reshma Khetpal; Matthew D Katz; Michelle Cox; Konstantinos Arnaoutakis

doi:10.1016/j.clgc.2013.12.004

The role of salvage hemiscrotectomy in testicular cancer after scrotal contamination: a case report and literature review

Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2014 Jun;12(3):e103-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2013.12.004. Epub 2013 Dec 27.

Authors

Reshma Khetpal¹, Matthew D Katz², Michelle Cox³, Konstantinos Arnaoutakis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. Electronic address: rkhetpal@uams.edu.
² Department of Urology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
⁴ Department of Hematology Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.

PMID: 24461625
DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2013.12.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Adjuvant chemotherapy; Blood-testis barrier; Germ cell testicular cancer; Radical inguinal orchiectomy; Scrotal violation; Tumor spillage.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / prevention & control
Orchiectomy
Radiography
Salvage Therapy
Scrotum / pathology
Scrotum / surgery
Seminoma / diagnostic imaging*
Seminoma / pathology
Seminoma / surgery
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
Testicular Neoplasms / surgery