Sigmoid Colon Cancer with Metastasis to the Right Spermatic Cord.

, Kim, Hyung Jin; , Moon, Eun Jung; , Kang, Won Kyung; , Hong, Seong Hu; , Jung, Chan Kwon; , Oh, Seong Taek

doi:2007.23.3.203

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 2007;23(3):203-205.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2007.23.3.203

Sigmoid Colon Cancer with Metastasis to the Right Spermatic Cord.

Kim, Hyung Jin , Moon, Eun Jung , Kang, Won Kyung , Hong, Seong Hu , Jung, Chan Kwon , Oh, Seong Taek

¹Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. stoh@catholic.ac.kr
²Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Metastatic tumors involving the spermatic cord are very rare, and the prognosis for such patients is poor. The primary tumors that are frequently metastatic to the spermatic cord are gastric and colon carcinomas. We report a case of a 35-year-old male with a metastatic spermatic cord tumor following a palliative anterior resection for sigmoid colon cancer with peritoneal seeding. The patient complained of a tender mass in a right inguinal lesion. A right orchiectomy was performed, and the pathologic finding was a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma similar to that of the sigmoid colon cancer.

Key Words: Sigmoid colon cancer; Spermatic cord; Metastasis