Primary leiomyosarcoma of epididymis.

نویسندگان

  • Dillip Kumar Muduly
  • Ashwin Anand Kallianpur
  • S V Suryanarayana Deo
  • Nootan Kumar Shukla
  • Aravind S Kapali
  • Rajni Yadav
چکیده

Primary leiomyosarcomas rarely arise from epididymis. But they are the most common histopathological types of sarcoma arising from the epididymis. Primary epididymal leiomyosarcoma occurs usually in older patients. We report a young patient of 35 years presenting with leiomyosarcoma of left epididymis. He did not have any metastasis and underwent left high inguinal orchiectomy. He is on regular follow-up and disease free for last two years.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of cancer research and therapeutics

دوره 8 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012