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Fırat University Medical Journal of Health Sciences
1999, Volume 13, Number 1, Page(s) 081-082
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LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE TESTES
Atilla SEMERCİÖZ, İbrahim ÖZERCAN, M.Kemal ATİKELER, Orhan YALÇIN, Fatih R. YALÇINKAYA, Can BAYDİNÇ
Fırat Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, ELAZIĞ / TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Leiomyosarcoma, testes

Leiomyosarcoma is a rarely seen tumour and there are only few reports about painless swelling of testicle in the literature. In this case report, a 68 year old man admitted with a painless swelling of left testicle for the last three month. A heterogenous mass was determined by ultrasound examination, but tumor markers was found to be normal.

Left orchiectomia was performed by high inguinal incisionIn histopathological examination, tumor cells in spindle shape with many mitotic figures were observed.This case report is presented since it is verv rarely seen.


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