Clinic experience of primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Methods 8 patients with primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were reviewed from April, 2012 to April, 2015.The mean age was 58 years old, ranging 43-68 years old.Color Doppler echocardiography examination showed that there were round or oval regular tumors in the scrotum, which the diameter ranged from 3.5 to 8.0 cm, mean 5.5 cm.There was no abnormal changes among abdomen and pelvic cavity in CT scan and tumor markers examination.The radical orchiectomy were performed in all patients.After opening the tunica vaginalis, a hard texture tumor could be found, which has the vague border line with normal tissue.All patients were diagnosed according to the combination of morpbologic and immunohistochemical examination after operating.Results All patients accepted operation successfully.The mean operation time was 34 minutes, ranging 25-40 minutes.8 cases were diagnosed as primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after operating.Immunohistochemical analysis showed that CD20, BCL-6 were positive.CD3, CD10, CK were negative.All patients received adjuvant chemotherapy with RCHOP(cytoxan 750 mg/m2, adriamycin 50mg/m2, leurocnstine 1.4 mg/m2, prednisone 60 mg/m2 ,rituximab 375 mg/m2) regimen over 6 cycles, which was conducted once every three weeks, one week post-operatively.The follow up duration ranged from 6 to 36 months, mean 17 months.All patients survived at the end of this study with no sign of recurrence and metastasis.Conclusions The patients with primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are rare.The radical orchiectomy is recommended.And RCHOP chemotherapy should be considered one week post-operatively.The short term outcome of the treatment is satisfactory.But the long term outcome should be further studied.