PRIMARY LOW-GRADE T-HELPER CELL TESTICULAR LYMPHOMA

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common primary testicular neoplasm of older men but is rare in young men. The vast majority of primary te sticular lymphomas are intermediate-to high-grade lymphomas. Periphera l T-cell lymphomas of the testes are rare; most are large cell lymphom as. We describe an unusual case of a primary small lymphocytic, CD4+, peripheral T-cell lymphoma that presented as a Staphylococcus aureus s crotal abscess in a 30-year-old male. Clonal rearrangement of the T-ce ll receptor beta gene was demonstrated by Southern analysis. To our kn owledge, low-grade, peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the testes has not b een previously reported.