Case Reports in Urology (Jan 2012)

Epididymal Leiomyosarcoma: One Case Report

  • Mohammed Fadl Tazi,
  • Ahmed Amine Bouchikhi,
  • Youness Ahallal,
  • Soufiane Mellas,
  • Jalaleddine Elammari,
  • Abdelhak Khallouk,
  • Mohammed Jamal Elfassi,
  • Moulay Hassan Farih

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/236320
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Epididymal leiomyosarcoma is very uncommon. Only 16 cases have been reported in the literature. There has never been a reported case of a patient with an African origin with this tumor. We report the medical history of a 70-year-old man who presented an enormous mass located in his epididymis. A tricut biopsy was performed which allowed histological confirmation of epididymal leiomyosarcoma after which the patient underwent excision of the mass. The patient died after the first round of chemotherapy.