title: Epididymal metastases as the first sign of a colon cancer recurrence.
abstract: Metastastic tumours involving the epididymis are rare and most often found in patients with disseminated disease. It is even more unusual when the metastasis of the epididymis is the first sign of tumour recurrence. We report a case of an asymptomatic recurrent colon carcinoma presenting as metastasis in the epididymis. Although metastatic cancer presenting as an intra-scrotal mass is extremely rare, it should be considered as a possibility in patients who present with a mass involving the testicle or epididymis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oncología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. laventi2002@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreno Antón
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sastre Valera
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loboff de León
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Tarruella
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega Medina
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Rubio
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D004822:Epididymis / Q000473:pathology*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D011859:Radiography; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*