Pilomatrixoma-like testicular tumour without teratomatous elements

Dinç Süren; Mustafa Yıldırım; Bekir Erol; Birsel Tutuş

doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-200179

Pilomatrixoma-like testicular tumour without teratomatous elements

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jun 25:2014:bcr2013200179. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200179.

Authors

Dinç Süren¹, Mustafa Yıldırım², Bekir Erol³, Birsel Tutuş¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Ministry of Health, Batman Government Hospital, Batman, Turkey.
³ Department of Radiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.

Abstract

A 40-year-old man presented to us with infertility. During scrotal ultrasonography, a heterogeneous nodular mass was seen in the right testicle. Surprisingly, histopathological examination revealed shadow cells, which are the characteristic feature of pilomatrixomas.

2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Infertility, Male / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Pilomatrixoma / diagnostic imaging
Pilomatrixoma / pathology*
Scrotum / diagnostic imaging*
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Testis / diagnostic imaging
Testis / pathology*
Ultrasonography