[P-027]

Calcified spermatic cord cyst: a case report

¹Department of Urology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
²Department of Histology and Embryology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
³Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Dystrophic calcification is the accumulation of calcium salts in the tissue alterations such as degeneration or necrosis. Although it may occur on any part of the body; it develops most often secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis and extremely rare in the urogenital tract. Dystrophic calcification can occur in the areas of caseation necrosis in tuberculosis, in dead and encapsulated parasitic nodules, around the cysts in hydatid cysts, in obsolete thrombosis and scars, in the granulomas of actinomycosis, botryomycosis and staphylococcus, in old abscess, in Zenker’s necrosis, in some benign and malignant tumors. Alltough the benign lesions of funiculus spermaticus are encountered in all age groups; the surgical diseases are detected most often during childhood and calcified masses are quite rare in all age groups. We aimed to present a 44-year-old patient who was admitted us with solid nodular mass 4 cm in size located in the inguinal region with the review of the literature.

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Picture 1:A Ultrasound image, B: Inguinal exploration C: After excision of the spermatic cord image, D: Macroscopic image