Table 1. Clinical and pathologic features of primary malignant mesothelioma of spermatic cord.

References	Age	Side/ symptoms	Asbestos exposure	Size (cm)	Histologic type	Tumor dissemination	Follow-up
Kozlowski & Zoltowska5	63	L/mass in the inguinal region for 3 M	NS	NS	Mixed	NS	NS
Arlen et al.6	40	L/ mass higher near groin	NS	0.5	NS	External iliac lymph node	ANED 18 yr
Pizzolato et al.7	57	R/hernia	NS	NS	Epithelioid	Local recurrence at 1 yr; periaortic and iliac nodes at 34 M	DOD ∼42 M
Blitzer et al.8	74	L/scrotal mass for 12 M	NS	1	Mixed	No	ANED 30 M
Carp et al.9	54	L/groin mass	No	NS	Epithelial	Local recurrence at 11 month of first presentation	DOD 64 M
Schure et al.10	35	L/ inguinal and scrotal mass for 3 wks	No	NS	NS	Thoracic cavity and peritoneum at 2 M	DOD 2 M
	45	Left-sided scrotal swelling for 1 M	No	NS	NS	No at 48 M	ANED 48 M
Hai et al.11	26	L spermatic cord mass	No	NS	Epithelioid	No	ANED 2 yr
	57	R spermatic cord mass	No	NS	Epithelioid	Lung met pretreatment	Local recurrence in 2 year follow-up
Current case	45	L/inguinal mass for 4 M	No	2.5	Epithelioid	No	ANED 6 M

ANED, alive with no evidence of disease; DOD, died of disease; L, left; M, month; NS, not stated; R, right; yr: year.