Primary adenocarcinoma of the epididymis: case report.
Primary epididymal malignancies are uncommon and usually benign. Benign paratesticular tumors are most commonly adenomatoid, while the most common malignant paratesticular tumors are rhabdomyosarcomas. Approximately 25% of all epididymal tumors are malignant, and of the benign tumors, 60% to 78% are adenomatoid tumors. According to a recent MEDLINE search using epididymis and adenocarcinoma as key words, reports of a primary epididymal adenocarcinoma are extremely rare with only 23 cases in the literature. We report a case of epididymal adenocarcinoma with clinical follow up and metastatic natural history of this rare malignancy.
Arisan
Serdar
S
Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, 1st Urology Clinics Sisli Istanbul Turkey. serdar@arisan.org
Akbulut
Osman Nuri
ON
Cakir
Omer Onur
OO
Ergenekon
Erbil
E
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D004822:Epididymis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology