Froberg M K, Hamati H, Kant J A, Addya K, Salhany K E
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, MN, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997 Oct;121(10):1096-9.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common primary testicular neoplasm of older men but is rare in young men. The vast majority of primary testicular lymphomas are intermediate- to high-grade lymphomas. Peripheral T-cell lymphomas of the testes are rare; most are large cell lymphomas. We describe an unusual case of a primary small lymphocytic, CD4+, peripheral T-cell lymphoma that presented as a Staphylococcus aureus scrotal abscess in a 30-year-old male. Clonal rearrangement of the T-cell receptor beta gene was demonstrated by Southern analysis. To our knowledge, low-grade, peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the testes has not been previously reported.
