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Lymphangioma of the scrotum
T L Johansen1, G Søndergaard, A Ebling
1Department of Surgery, Thisted Hospital, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|August 19, 1999
Abstract:
Lymphangioma is an extremely rare cause of swelling of the scrotum. In this case report we present the finding of such a tumor in a 20-year-old man. The clinical, ultrasonic, and pathological findings are described and the differential diagnoses of acute and chronic swelling of the scrotum are discussed.
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