Author(s)

Junior Bathelemy Mekeme Mekeme^1,2, Jean Cedrick Fouda^1,2, Philip Fernandez Owono Abessolo^2,3, Axel Nwaha Makon¹, Marcella Delboise Biyouma¹, Georges Kemegni²,   Atenguena¹, Christian Awoundja¹, Marcel Junior Mekeme Yon¹,   Ngapagna¹, Paul Adrien Atangana^3,4, Pierre Ongolo Zogo¹, Etoundi Paul Owono¹, Pierre Joseph Fouda^1,2, Angwafo III Fru¹

¹Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
²Urology and Andrology Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon.
⁴Laboratory of Anatomy, and Cytologic Pathology of Yaoundé Centre Paster, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Background: Burkitt’s lymphoma of the testis (TBL) is a rare and extremely aggressive malignant usually diagnosed in front of a testicular mass. We describe an interesting single case of TBL managed by a combined multimodal approach with a review of the literature. Case Report: A patient aged 69-year-old male, newly hypertensive, who presented with a twelve-month history of right testis progressive painful scrotal swelling, which worsens following a motorbike accident. Clinical examination revealed a large tender mass in an erythematous right scrotal bursa. A scrotal ultrasound showed a right heterogenous intra-testicular mass. The patient underwent unilateral (right) radical orchiectomy. Histopathological examination revealed presence of monomorphic lymphoid cells, with moderate to increased size, dissociated inconstantly by macrophages consistent with a Burkitt’s-like non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. After surgery, the patient was transferred to oncologist for adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusion: A testicular mass is a usual circumstance for the discovery of a primary tumour of the testicle. Burkitt’s testicular lymphoma is a rare tumour whose diagnosis is based on histological findings. There are non-consensual etiological or predisposing factors. The treatment depends imperatively on the stage of the disease. Therapeutic modalities relay on in surgical excision, chemotherapy and radiation therapy but the accurate procedures are not standardized.

Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Orchidectomy, Testis

Mekeme Jr., B.M., Fouda, J.C., Abessolo, P.F.O., Makon, A.N., Biyouma, M.D., Kemegni, G., Atenguena, Awoundja, C., Yon, M.J.M., Ngapagna, Atangana, P.A., Zogo, P.O., Owono, E.P., Fouda, P.J. and Fru III, A. (2023) Testicular Burkitt’s Lymphoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. Open Journal of Urology, 13, 327-336. https://doi.org/10.4236/oju.2023.139037