MRI and CT features of a malignant myoepithelioma of the scrotum: A case report and literature review

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Aug 4;16(10):2962-2968. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.07.013. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Malignant myoepithelioma of the scrotum is extremely rare. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with malignant myoepithelioma of the scrotum, wherein computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lobulated soft tissue mass with calcification, cystic component, and solid component with gradual contrast enhancement on dynamic contrast-enhanced scans. The patient presented with scrotal induration, and there was no elevation of tumor markers and no evidence of a metastatic lesion on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Histopathological examination of the resected scrotal specimen confirmed a well-circumscribed solid tumor with septa, a small area of hemorrhage, and necrosis. The subsequent diagnosis was malignant myoepithelioma of the scrotum. This case shows that scrotal malignant myoepithelioma might appear as a well-defined lobulated mass with cystic regions. We conjecture that the enhancement pattern and apparent diffusion coefficient values can be potential markers for scrotal myoepithelial tumors.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; Malignant myoepithelioma; Scrotum, Magnetic resonance imaging.

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