Simultaneous contralateral testicular metastasis from a renal clear cell carcinoma.
The case of a 66-year-old male with a right renal cell carcinoma and a left testicular mass is reported. Radical nephrectomy and contralateral orchidectomy were performed. Histology revealed a metastasis of the renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type into the left testis. The patient died seven months post-operatively of disseminated lung metastases. The case demonstrates the multi-ocular metastatic potential of renal cell carcinoma.
Steiner
G
G
Department of Urology, Bonn University, Germany.
Heimbach
D
D
Pakos
E
E
Müller
S
S
D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*