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Case Reports: Rare disease
CT imaging of an unusual malignant inguinal mass: metastatic parafunicular dedifferentiated liposarcoma
  1. Guido Marzocchi1,
  2. Mattia Gentilini2,
  3. Marco Cavini1 and
  4. Luigi Lovato3
  1. 1Emergency Radiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Ospedale Maurizio Bufalini, Bologna, Italy
  3. 3Department of Radiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Guido Marzocchi; guido.marzocchi{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A man in his 50s was redirected by his general practitioner to our University Hospital for a radiological evaluation after the complaint of a left inguinal swelling. The preliminary ultrasound and CT scan showed a left parafunicolar mass located between the root of the penis and the spermatic cord. The lesion was biopsied shortly after and histologically diagnosed as a dedifferentiated liposarcoma. The patient underwent a cycle of neoadjuvant radiotherapy, which proved to be ineffective. He was then subjected to an organ sparing surgical removal of the mass, followed by a second organ sparing removal of some residual disease. The last CT scan showed absence of the inguinal disease; however, lung and hepatic metastasis were detected, which are scheduled to be treated with a course of chemotherapy and radiofrequency.

  • Radiology
  • Cancer intervention
  • Urological cancer

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-248332

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors GM: final edit and approval. MG: writing of the first draft.

      MC: data collection. LL: supervision.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.