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A case of testicular rhabdomyosarcoma

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Pure testicular rhabdomyosarcoma is a very rare tumor and 7 cases have been reported in literature. A 20-year-old male patient presented with a painless right testicular swelling who underwent inguinal orchiectomy with suspicion of testicular malignancy. The case was regarded as an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma according to histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings. The case is presented and the relevant literature is reviewed and discussed.

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  1. Şekercioğlu Sokak, Emlakbank Koşuyolu Konutları, C Blok D: 9, 81020, Koşuyolu-Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey

    M. Erkan Erbay

  2. Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital Urology Clinics, İstanbul, Turkey

    M. Erkan Erbay, Fatih Tarhan & Uğur Kuyumcuoğlu

  3. Dr. Lütfi Kinodot;rdar Training and Research Hospital Pathology Laboratories, İstanbul, Turkey

    Nagehan Özdemir Barışık

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Erbay, M.E., Tarhan, F., Barışık, N.Ö. et al. A case of testicular rhabdomyosarcoma. Int Urol Nephrol 36, 73–75 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000032671.74121.d3

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