Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis 21 years after orchiopexy: case report and review of the literature.
Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis is a rare tumor. In nearly all patients metastases occur early to the lymph nodes, lungs, corpus testis, skin, liver and bone. Patients seldom survive longer than 1 year. Treatment consists of inguinal orchiectomy but the metastatic lesions have been resistant to radiation and/or chemotherapy.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012152:Rete Testis; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013737:Testis