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ArticleCureus2024

Paratesticular Liposarcoma Presenting as an Inguinal Swelling: A Diagnostic Conundrum.

Kausar A Fakih, Ashvi U Solanki, Sandhya Iyer, Santosh Menon, Riddhi Solanki

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kausar A FakihGeneral Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Ashvi U SolankiGeneral Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Sandhya IyerGeneral Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Santosh MenonPathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Riddhi SolankiHospital Administration, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, IND.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paratesticular tumours are rare malignancies that are frequently misdiagnosed on presentation. We present a case of an elderly male with a six-month history of painless, progressively increasing left inguinal swelling. On preliminary examination and investigation, the swelling was misdiagnosed as a lymph nodal mass. Subsequently, a magnetic resonance imaging study detected a lesion that was not distinct from the spermatic cord. Biopsy testing of the said lesion was suggestive of poorly differentiated spindle cell neoplasm. The patient then underwent a high inguinal orchidectomy. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a high-grade paratesticular dedifferentiated liposarcoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. Due to the rarity of such tumours, the need for adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy is debated.

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dedifferentiationliposarcomamdm2paratesticular tumourradical orchidectomy

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PMID39011191
PMCPMC11247040

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