睾丸細網肉腫の1例

Abstract

A case of reticulum cell sarcoma of the testis was described. The patient was a 39-year old man who complained of painless swelling of the right scrotal contents and dull pain in the right inguinal region. Palpation of the abdomen on admission revealed a fist-sized, hard mass. Exploratory laparotomy, postoperative irradiation and chemotherapy were done after orchiectomy. But he died of cachexia four months after orchiectomy. At first the testicular tumor was histologically diagnosed as seminoma. Biopsy of the retroperitoneal mass showed reticulum cell sarcoma. The testicular tumor was also diagnosed as RCS retrospectively. Literature was reviewed briefly.