title: Primary adenocarcinoma of the epididymis: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, 1st Urology Clinics Sisli Istanbul Turkey. serdar@arisan.org
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arisan
authors.forename: Osman Nuri
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: Omer Onur
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: Erbil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ergenekon
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D004822:Epididymis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology