A 32-year-old man form the Indian subcontinent presented to the emergency department 2 days after having been kicked in the scrotum during a football match with increasing pain and swelling of the right hemiscrotum. A firm discrete mass was noted at the lower pole of the right epididymis that was clinically inseparable from the otherwise unremarkable testicle. The right testicle was nontender and sat in a normal position with no signs of scrotal skin ecchymosis. The history suggested that the scrotal mass had been present for approximately 12 months, and a preliminary diagnosis of a haemorrhagic cyst caused by trauma was made. Initial management included scrotal support, analgesia, and a follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The MRI confirmed a 2.3 cm irregular lesion arising posterior to the lower pole of the right testis that enhanced peripherally with central necrosis and therefore could not rule out a potentially malignant lesion (). After informed consent, a scrotal exploration and epididymectomy was performed. Grossly, the specimen measured 25 mm in maximum diameter. Sectioning revealed a 20 mm yellow, partly necrotic tumour mass ().\nHistological examination (H+E) showed a central area of coagulative necrosis with surrounding reactive fibroblastic tissue and inflammation (). Irregular clusters and solid nests of viable epithelioid cells were present, partly obscured by the fibroblastic tissue reaction ().\nOn immunohistochemical staining, these epithelioid cells were positive for CAM5.2 and CK7 and also expressed the mesothelial markers calretinin and WT1 (). The H+E appearances and immunoprofile were consistent with a partly necrotic/infarcted adenomatoid tumour. No evidence of malignancy was seen. The tumour was well circumscribed and completely excised at all margins. The patient was informed of the results, reassured, and discharged from further followup.
A 41 years old man referred to our department for painless enlargement in the left hemiscrotum. Personal and familial history were unremarkable, without epididymitis, torsion or trauma. On physical examination, a hard, painless, firm, intrascrotal mass at the lower pole of the left testis was revealed, apparently distinct from the testis and arising directly from the surface of the left epididymis. Scrotal skin epididymis, spermatic cord, inguinal region and right testis were normal.\nUltrasonography confirmed a solid isoechoic lesion lying on the border between epididymal tail and lower pole of the left testis, without any disruption of the architecture of the testical parenchyma. The testicular parenchyma immediately adjacent to the mass showed slightly degreased echogenity compared with the parenchyma elsewhere. Preoperative laboratory investigation, including hemogram, blood chemistry studies were within normal limits. Plasma levels of β-hCG (β-subunit human chronic gonadotropin), α-fetoprotein (AFP), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) were within normal ranges. The first clinical impression was a probable germ cell neoplasm.\nThe patient subsequently underwent a total left orchiectomy-epididymectomy, which revealed a white, crescent-shaped, well circumscribed tumor, about 1,5 cm, without involvement of the testicular parenchyma.\nHistological appearance of this paratesticular tumor is represented by cuboidal cells, with vacuolated cytoplasm and with gaping spaces (Fig. ). The neoplasmatic cells had lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic infiltration, which varied in intensity, from scan to moderate dense, and especially the presence of prominent lymphoid aggregates, particularly towards the periphery of the neoplasm, is a helpful clue to the diagnosis of the adenomatoid tumor (Fig. ). The cellular vacuoles had a signet ring-like appearance in some fields but epithelial type mucin was not present There was no mitotic activity and no suspicious neoplasmatic areas in testicular parenchyma was been detected.\nImmunohistochemical positivity for mesothelial marker HMBE1 (mouse anti-human antigen mesothelial cell) and calretinin confirm the mesothelial origin of the tumor (Fig. , ). This tumor was diagnosed as an adenomatoid tumor in the epididymis and the patient underwent no additional treatment.