Rare Tumors (Feb 2014)

Testicular manifestation of a transformed mycosis fungoides

  • Hendrik Borgmann,
  • Stefan Vallo,
  • Christian Ruf,
  • Anke Schmidt,
  • Walter Ferdinand Thon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5079
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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Testicular neoplasms occur in more than 90% of cases, due to primary testicular germ cell tumors. Other entities are non germ cell tumors of the testis, testicular manifestation of lymphomas or metastases. International and interdisciplinary co-operation has led to the development of urological guidelines and to good therapeutic success for testicular neoplasms. The gold standard for treatment of a testicular neoplasm is the radical orchiectomy. However, for individual cases with suspected lymphoma, a treatment decision differing from the guidelines may be reasonable. We present the case of a 38-year-old man with testicular manifestation of a transformed mycosis fungoides, which is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

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