A spermatic granuloma is a chronic inflammatory reaction produced in response to extravasated sperm within the intertubular connective tissue. The present study investigates the possible toxic effects of water extract of Heliotropium bacciferum on the reproductive system of male albino rats and the associated potential for the development of spermatic granulomas. H. bacciferum is a herbal plant...

Primary liposarcoma of the spermatic cord (LSC) is a rare neoplasm; there are fewer than 100 cases reported in the English literature worldwide. A seventy-one year-old man, who had undergone radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for localized prostate cancer in November 2004, noticed the enlargement of a mass in the left scrotum. Subsequently he underwent a biopsy of the lesion, which document...

Duplication of the vas deferens is a very rare congenital anomaly in which two vasa deferentia coexist within the spermatic cord. Duplication of the vas deferens can be found during herniorrhaphy, vasectomy, and varicocelectomy performed on the spermatic cord or around the spermatic cord. However, it is estimated that the incidence of duplication of the vas deferens is under-reported and under-...

Mesenchymal tumors of the scrotum are extremely rare. These include lipomas, liposarcomas, ficrosarcomas, fibromas, fibrolipomas and myxochondrasarcomas.1 Most lipomas occurring in the scrotum originate and develop in the spermatic cord. In rare cases, a lipoma can originate outside the spermatic cord or in the subcutaneous fat.2 Such lipomas can grow extra ordinarily large and pose as a diagno...

We report a case of previously unreported metastasis to the spermatic cord from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A 63-year-old Japanese man underwent laparoscopy-assisted esophageal bypass surgery for an advanced esophageal cancer. An elastic hard tumor was found in the right lateral inguinal fossa on intraoperative laparoscopy, and laparoscopic enucleation was performed. Histological examin...

The ilioinguinal nerve was dissected in 196 adult human cadavers. A normal pattern of distribution, consistent with modern textual descriptions, was defined in 60% of inguinal regions. In 35% of the inguinal regions a previously undescribed aberrant course for the cutaneous component of the ilioinguinal nerve was observed in which it is incorporated within the genitofemoral nerve, entered the i...

A 33-year-old phenotypic female presented with primary amenorrhea. The physical examination revealed no breast development, scanty axillary and pubic hair, normal female external genitalia, and a short blind vagina. The findings of magnetic resonance imaging, karyotyping, and hormonal examinations supported the diagnosis of XY partial gonadal dysgenesis. Laparoscopic surgery showed that spermat...

A 31-year-old male patient with a six-year history of left inguinoscrotal swelling was admitted to the Second Xiangya Hospital (Changsha, China). The mass was not found to be associated with intraperitoneal pressure. Ultrasonography and computed tomography examinations demonstrated several solid, botryoidal masses involving the spermatic cord, with limited capacity of mobility. The demarcation ...

Use of indocyanine green angiography in microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy lessons learned from our initial experience. Dr. Chak-Lam et al., from China, produce an elegant manuscript that describe the use of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography with infrared fluorescence operative microscope in microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy that potentially allows an early identificat...

BACKGROUND The aim of this report is related to adult primary paratesticular mesenchymal tumors with emphasis on a case presentation and discussion of the spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma. Primary paratesticular tumors are rare, only accounting for 7% to 10% of all intrascrotal tumors. In adults, more than 75% of these lesions arise from the spermatic cord, 20% being leiomyosarcoma. Tumor grade, s...