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70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case progression

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7547.959 (Published 20 April 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:959
  1. Saroj Kumar Das, consultant vascular surgeon (saroj.das@imperial.ac.uk)1,
  2. Devdatta Sarwate, senior house officer1,
  3. J K Mordani, consultant radiologist1,
  4. K J Ng, consultant urologist1,
  5. Mark Nel, consultant anaesthetist1
  1. 1 Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3NN
  1. Correspondence to: S K Das
  • Accepted 2 December 2005

Last week (15 April, BMJ 2006;332: 899), we presented the case of Mr Mahon, who presented with scrotal swelling. He had had ultrasonography that showed an abdominal aortic aneurysm and renal lesions. Computed tomography showed a renal tumour and an abdominal aortic aneurysm. As there was no tumour extension into the left renal vein or evidence of obstruction to the gonadal vein, the varicocele was probably coincidental. The cost effectiveness of routine ultrasonography in …

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