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Fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis: contrast enhanced sonography with pathologic correlation Cover

Fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis: contrast enhanced sonography with pathologic correlation

Open Access
|Jul 2014

Abstract

We report the case of a 28-year-old man who presented at the emergency department with recent left painful scrotal swelling, without history of genitourinary infection or trauma. On physical examination, left scrotal swelling with nodular palpation was noted. Contrast enhanced sonography demonstrated nodular vascularized thickening of the tunica vaginalis. Surgical exploration revealed multiples solid nodules of the vaginal wall, with, at frozen section analysis, fibroblastic tissue, vessels and chronic inflammation without malignity, suggestive of fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis. We discuss the sonographic aspect of this rare entity and the difficulty to establish a diagnosis of benignity without surgical exploration.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.102 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Published on: Jul 1, 2014
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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© 2014 T Puttemans, MI Ingabire, JL Jorion, AP Draguet, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.