Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1106-1110

  Kanazawa, Shigeo ^a   Nagae, Taka Aki ^a   Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Fujiki, Rie ^a   Mukai, Norishige ^a   Sugihara, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Noboru ^a   Ohtani, Hiroshi ^b   Higami, Yoshikazu ^b   Ikeda, Takayoshi ^b   Tsunoda, Tsukasa ^c  

^a Mitsugi Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant mesothelioma; Tunica vaginalis testis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

AGED; ASBESTOS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032740035     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050654     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Wyers H (1946) Some toxic effects of vanadium pentoxide. Br J Indust Med 3:177-182
2. Barbera V, Rubino M (1957) Pappilary mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis. Cancer 10:182-189
3. Jones MA, Robert HY, Robert ES (1995) Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis. A clinicopathologic analysis of 11 cases with review of the literature. Am J Surg 19:815-825
4. Stein N, Henkes D (1986) Mesothelioma of the testicle in a child. J Urol 135:794
5. Pizzolato P, Lamberty J (1976) Mesothelioma of spermatic cord. Electron microscopic and histochemical characteristics of its mucopolysacchrides. Urology 8:403-408
6. Wagner JC, Sleggs CA, Marchand P (1960) Diffuse pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in a patient the North Western Cape Province. Br J Indust Med 17:260-271
7. Fligiel Z, Kaneko M (1976) Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis propria testis in a patient with asbestos exposure. Cancer 37:1478-1484
8. Japko L, Horta A, Schreiber K, Mitsudo S, Karwas G, Singh G, Kuss LG (1982) Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis. Cancer 49:119-127
9. Chetty R (1992) Well differentiated (benign) papillary mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis. J Clin Pathol 45:1029-1030
10. Rosai J, Dehner LP (1975) Nodular mesothelioma hyperplasia in hernia sacs. A benign reactive condition simulating a neoplastic process. Cancer 35:165-175
11. Young RH, Scully RE (1986) Testicular and paratesticular tumors and tumor-look lesions of ovarian common epithelial and Mullerian types. Am J Clin Pathol 86:146-152
12. Nochomovitz LW, Orenstein JM (1991) Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis. Review and regrouping of reported cases and a consideration of miscellaneous entities. J Urogen Pathol 1:11-40
13. Arcadi J (1988) Adenomatoid tumors in the tunica albuginea of the testis. J Surg Oncol 37:38-39
14. Haupt HM, Mann RB, Trump DL, Abeloff MD (1984) Metastatic carcinoma involving the testis. Clinical and pathologic distinction from primary testicular neoplasms. Cancer 54:709-714