Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the right spermatic cord: A case report

The patient was a 47-year-old male, who visited Hidaka Hospital with a chie f complaint of swelling in the right inguinal region and the scrotum. With a diagnosis of a right spermatic cord tumor, right high orchiectomy was per formed. Since an inflammatory type of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) was diagnosed from histopathological findings, chemotherapy and radiation t herapy were performed as postoperative treatment. Malignant fibrous histioc ytoma with the primary focus of the spermatic cords is a rare disease. To o ur knowledge, this is the 20th case of MFH of the spermatic cord in Japan ( the 42nd in the world) and it is the second case of inflammatory type of MF H in Japan.