70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case report
BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7546.899 (Published 13 April 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:899
- Saroj Kumar Das, consultant vascular surgeon (saroj.das@imperial.ac.uk)1,
- Devdatta Sarwate, senior house officer1,
- J K Mordani, consultant radiologist1,
- K J Ng, consultant urologist1,
- Mark Nel, consultant anaesthetist1
- Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3NN
- Correspondence to: S K Das
- Accepted 2 December 2005
Mr Mahon is a 70 year man who was referred to vascular outpatients by his general practitioner. He complained of a scrotal swelling, which had developed gradually over several months and was causing slight discomfort in his daily activities. He was obese and had a hydrocele on the right side of the scrotum and a small varicocele on the left.
Mr Mahon handed us a report from ultrasonography of his abdomen and scrotum that his general practitioner had requested. This reported an abdominal aortic aneurysm, measuring about 7 cm at the widest point (anterior-posterior). In addition, an eccentric complex cyst was evident in the interpolar …
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