title: Testicular metastasis of primary cecal carcinoid tumor.
abstract: Testicular carcinoids are rare and the majority are of primary testicular origin. Testicular carcinoids can also be secondary from extra-testicular primary tumors, but the incidence is even less common. The case described here is a patient who initially had an infiltrating cecal carcinoid with hepatic metastasis. Following surgery, he was managed with octreotide and had close monitoring of the levels of serum serotonin and its urinary metabolite. He experienced a fairly indolent clinical course and 5 years after excision of the primary cecal carcinoid, his hepatic lesion has virtually been unchanged. However, he developed a secondary testicular metastasis. He has otherwise remained well, without evidence of metastases elsewhere on imaging studies.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology, Urology, and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Guang Qian
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Birns
authors.forename: Richard R P
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Selleck
authors.forename: Pamela D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Unger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery