Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature.
BACKGROUND
Whereas testicular metastases are in themselves a rare entity, testicular secondaries from an appendiceal carcinoma have not yet been described. The case also illustrates the diagnostic dilemma of a tumour presenting as epididymo-orchitis.


METHODS
The authors present a case of an appendiceal carcinoma that, two years after radical therapy, manifested as a secondary in the testis. It was misdiagnosed as an epididymo-orchitis and was only revealed through histology.


CONCLUSIONS
Practitioners need to remember that long-standing testicular inflammation may result form secondary tumours. Even "exotic" primary tumours in the medical history of the patient must give rise to an increased suspicion threshold.
Kulkarni
Shashank
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Dept. of Urology, United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Lincoln/UK. shashank_kulkarni@hotmail.com
Coup
Andrew
A
Kershaw
John B
JB
Buchholz
Noor P N
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D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*