Xanthogranuloma of the epididymis

Xanthogranuloma of the epididymis

Solid epididymal masses can be broadly classified into three categories: inflammatory mass, benign neoplasm, and malignant neoplasm. Examples of inflammatory processes include infectious epididymitis, fibrosis, sperm granuloma, and autoimmune disease. Benign neoplasms include adenomatoid tumor or leiomyoma. Malignant neoplasms include adenocarcinoma, embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma, and seminoma. Wh...

Xanthogranuloma of the Third Ventricle

A 38-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 7day history of severe headache, nausea, and vomiting . The neurologic examination was normal. Both CT and MR showed a mass at the foramen of Monro (Fig . 1). The CT appearance was atypical for colloid cyst; therefore, the diagnosis of xanthogranuloma was suggested. The mass was surgically removed , and the final pathologic diagnosis wa...

Xanthogranuloma of the Sellar Region

To the Editor: A 36‐year‐old female patient was admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital complaining of 6 years of headache. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an intrasellar lesion with homogeneous hyperintense on T1‐weighted images and T2‐weighted images and inhomogeneous contrast enhancement by the gadolinium administration [Figure 1a and 1b]. Rathke’s cleft cyst was initially ...

Juvenile Xanthogranuloma.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare disorder which may be present at birth, or appears in infancy. It can also occur in adults of all ages, appears with lesions that may be solitary or multiple nodules several millimeters in diameter. The predilection sites are head and neck, but it may occur on the extremities and trunk also. Internal organs such as lung, kidney, gastrointestinal tract etc. can...

Cysts of the Epididymis.