Spermatic cord metastasis as an initial manifestation of sigmoid colon carcinoma: report of a case

Alexandros Polychronidis; Christos Tsolos; Efthimios Sivridis; Sotirios Botaitis; Constantinos Simopoulos

doi:10.1007/s005950200056

Spermatic cord metastasis as an initial manifestation of sigmoid colon carcinoma: report of a case

Surg Today. 2002;32(4):376-7. doi: 10.1007/s005950200056.

Authors

Alexandros Polychronidis¹, Christos Tsolos, Efthimios Sivridis, Sotirios Botaitis, Constantinos Simopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Surgery, Democritus Thrace University, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

PMID: 12027207
DOI: 10.1007/s005950200056

Abstract

We report herein the unusual case of a 63-year-old man in whom adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon manifested as metastasis to the left spermatic cord, the capsule of the left testis, and the wall of an associated testicular hydrocele.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Genital Neoplasms, Male / pathology
Genital Neoplasms, Male / secondary*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sigmoid Neoplasms / diagnosis
Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*