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Due to the scarcity of case reports, its atypical clinical manifestations often lead to misdiagnosis. An 81-year-old male patient presented with a rapidly enlarging, painless left scrotal mass. Imaging studies suggested sarcoma or seminoma. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan incidentally revealed mediastinal masses. Laboratory tests showed significantly elevated lactate dehydrogenase and \u03b2\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    -microglobulin levels. Postoperative histopathological examination confirmed DLBCL with a germinal center B-cell subtype, accompanied by an abnormally high Ki-67 proliferation index (&amp;gt;90%) and P53 translocation. FISH testing ruled out double-hit lymphoma. Notably, staging evaluation identified \u201cisolated mediastinal involvement\u201d without inguinal, pelvic, or retroperitoneal lymph node involvement, defining a \u201cskip metastasis\u201d pattern. 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