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Parasitised Large Intestinal Diverticulum of the Spermatic Cord

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Journal BMJ Case Rep
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2014 Oct 11
PMID 25301423
Citations 1
Authors
Thomas Grigor
Sheikh Ahmad
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Abstract

We present a 70-year-old male patient with an unusual incidental finding at an elective repair of an indirect left inguinal hernia (LIH). A black nodule resembling a melanoma metastasis in a lymph node was discovered attached to the spermatic cord. There was no contiguity with the large bowel on the same side. Histological examination showed an isolated, detached colonic diverticulum containing a faecolith. We postulate derivation from an incarcerated colonic diverticulum that became 'parasitised' onto the spermatic cord.

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