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Soichiro Yoshida1, Satoru Kawakami, Yoshinobu Komai
1Department of Urology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. the Japanese Journal of Urology
|September 10, 2004
Abstract:
A 46-year-old man was presented with a firm mass of the spermatic cord. He underwent left radical orchiectomy with clinical diagnosis of spermatic cord tumor. The pathological examination revealed leiomyosarcoma (3.6 x 2.7 x 1.0 cm, pT1bN0M0; 5th TNM, Stage IA; 5th AJCC). He is free of disease 3 year postoperatively.
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