Spermatic cord metastasis presenting as strangulated inguinal hernia - first manifestation of a multifocal colon adenocarcinoma: a case report

Ioannis Galanis; Grigoris Chatzimavroudis; Alexandros Katsougiannopoulos; Nikiforos Galanis; John Makris; Konstantinos Atmatzidis

doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-61

Spermatic cord metastasis presenting as strangulated inguinal hernia - first manifestation of a multifocal colon adenocarcinoma: a case report

Cases J. 2009 Jan 16;2(1):61. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-61.

Authors

Ioannis Galanis¹, Grigoris Chatzimavroudis, Alexandros Katsougiannopoulos, Nikiforos Galanis, John Makris, Konstantinos Atmatzidis

Affiliation

¹ 2nd Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, "G, Gennimatas" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. gchatzimav@yahoo.gr.

Abstract

Spermatic cord is a rare metastatic site of colorectal cancer. We herein report a case of spermatic cord metastasis of a previous undiagnosed multifocal colon adenocarcinoma, which was clinically presented as a strangulated groin hernia.