Primary testicular lymphoma: Two case reports and review of the literature

Abstract

Primary testicular lymphoma, is a rare testis tumor that accounts for only less than 9% of all testis tumors. In the preoperative period, it is extremely difficult to distinguish this tumor from other testis tumors. Its diagnosis is done by histological analysis. Most commonly encountered histological type is diffuse large Bcell lymphoma. Adjuvant radiotheraphy and/or chemotheraphy is given after orchiectomy. Prognosis is worse than other testis tumors. Non-metastatic tumors indicates good prognosis within one year. Ongoing research in patients with primary testicular lymphoma, are on efficacy of adjuvant theraphies and preventive and cure effect on extranodal extension to central nervous system which is the most common site for recurrency. There are conflicting results because of the small number of patient size. Here we present two cases with primary testicular lymphoma at the ages 71 and 82.

Linfoma tipo Burkitt, un inusual subtipo de linfoma testicular no Hodgkin en el adulto: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

“…El compromiso gastrointestinal a nivel terminal del intestino delgado, apéndice y el ciego son los sitios que se ven más comúnmente afectados en los linfomas no Hodgking incluyendo el subtipo de Burkitt, por ese motivo, las imágenes contrastadas van a permitir su identificación. 8,9 El aspirado de médula ósea evalúa el compromiso medular, y la citometría y la citología de flujo han demostrado ser muy buenos predictores de compromiso del SNC, sin embargo, la RMN cerebral permite la caracterización y localización exacta de las lesiones. Por otro parte con la tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET-Scan), se logra una adecuada evaluación de posibles metástasis subclínicas no detectables en otros estudios imagenológicos.…”

Bilateral Primary Testicular Lymphoma: A Case Report

“…• Confluent/discrete retroperitoneal, retrocrural, et al 6 cycles of RCHOP were given for this patient in view of stage 4 disease on PET-CT [6].…”

Utility of FDG PET/CT in the Management of Primary Testicular Lymphoma

“…Primary testicular lymphoma (PTL) is a form of extra-nodal lymphoma originating from the testicles ( 1 ). PTL constitutes approximately 1-2% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) and accounts for 1-9% of all testicular tumors ( 2 ).…”