A Case Report of Scrotal Carcinoma and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Wei Peng, Guosheng Feng, Heming Lu, Jiaxin Chen, Kehe Chen, Yanrong Hao, Yuhua Cao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karger Publishers 2012-08-01
• Series: Case Reports in Oncology
• Subjects: Radiation therapy; Lymph node metastasis; Scrotal carcinoma
• Online Access: http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/341942

Scrotal carcinoma is a rare tumor. We report one case of such disease in a 60-year-old man presenting with an ulcerated-bleeding lesion on the left side of the scrotum and an enlarged lymph node in the left inguinal region. Biopsy of the ulcerated lesion found squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum. He underwent initial tumor resection and left inguinal lymph node biopsy followed by postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Postoperative pathological examination confirmed well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum and lymph node metastasis. Five months after the treatment, the size of the lymph node was dramatically decreased, with no signs of tumor progression. Surgical treatment combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy may be an appropriate management approach to achieve palliative symptom relief for this disease.