Korean J Urol.  2011 Oct;52(10):718-720. 10.4111/kju.2011.52.10.718.

Solitary Testicular Metastasis of Prostate Cancer Mimicking Primary Testicular Cancer

• Kwon SY
• Jung HS
• Lee JG
• Choi SH
• Kwon TG
• Kim TH

• KMID: 2061437
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4111/kju.2011.52.10.718

Abstract

We report a rare case of testicular metastasis from prostate cancer. A 68-year-old patient presented with a right testicular mass with discomfort. He had a history of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and had received adjuvant radiation therapy and had been treated with androgen deprivation therapy continuously at another institution. We performed a right inguinal orchiectomy. The testicular mass was diagnosed as a metastasis from prostate carcinoma.

Keyword

Neoplasm metastasis; Prostate neoplasms; Testicular neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Aged
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Orchiectomy
Prostate
Prostatectomy
Prostatic Neoplasms
Testicular Neoplasms

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