Unusual benign paratesticular tumor in an infant mimicking rhabdomyosarcoma

Urology. 2008 Jun;71(6):1067-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.030.

Abstract

Paratesticular tumors are extremely rare, with paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma being the most common finding. A 6-month-old boy presented with an asymptomatic, right intrascrotal mass whereby the testicle was surrounded by a friable lipomatous tumor. Frozen section revealed an inflammatory process, negative for malignancy. Tumorectomy with vaginal resection was performed, maintaining the testicle and excretory ducts. Histopathologic findings showed a juvenile xanthogranuloma, a non-Langerhans histiocytosis commonly described in infants in the skin and skeletal muscle. The patient is doing well 2 years after surgery and is the first such case reported in the literature with successful conservative treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Testicular Diseases / pathology*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / pathology*