TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2018-3-101
TI - Spermatic Cord Liposarcoma in the Context of a Recurrent Inguinal Hernia, Case Report
AU - Del Carmen Ortega , Ignacio
AU - Escalona Ramrez Luis , Enrique
AU - Hernández, Rejon Minerva Irene
AU - Herrera González, Antonio
AU - Monroy , Cedillo José Luis
AU - Rivero Yañez, Fernando
AU - Salazar Jiménez Marcos , Irving
AU - Valdez Diaz , Brenda
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2018
DA - Sat 15, Sep 2018
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2018.03.001
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/spermatic-cord-liposarcoma-in-the-context-of-a-recurrent-inguinal-hernia_SCR-3-101 
KW - liposarcoma, spermatic cord, inguinal hernia, recurrent inguinal hernia
AB - Introduction: The spermatic cord sarcomas are rare entities, with only 46 cases reported in the last 5 years
worldwide. The majority of those were misdiagnosed as inguinal hernias and treated with hernioplasty,
delaying the correct treatment.
Case report: We present a 56-year-old male who was operated 3 times for right inguinal hernia recurrence.
Because of a persistent right spermatic cord bulk, he had a right radical orchiectomy, and the pathology
reported the diagnosis of liposarcoma. Afterward, we requested a PET/CT which revealed a hypermetabolic
lesion of 33x32mm in the right scrotum. We performed an oncological resection and classified the tumor as
a stage III liposarcoma.
Conclusion: The reported case illustrates the classical presentation of these tumors and their evolution.
Despite the radical treatment, due to the biology of this cancer, the prognosis is bad if patients are not
operated properly from the beginning.