[Metachronic testicular tumor secondary to invasive bladder carcinoma].
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare case of testicular metastasis secondary to an infiltrative transitional cell carcinoma years after radical surgery.


METHODS



METHODS
71-year-old male patient with history of infiltrative bladder tumor, status post radical cystoprostatectomy with urethrectomy. Seven years after surgery he presents with pain and swelling in the right testicle. Inguinal orchyectomy was carried out with the pathologic diagnosis of testicular metastasis of a high-grade transitional cell carcinoma. We perform a bibliographic review.


RESULTS
The patient is disease-free twelve months after orchyectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Apart from leukemia and lymphoma, testicular metastases are extremely rare. The existence of testicular metastases means a metastatic dissemination to other organs, therefore chemotherapy could improve prognosis.
Vicente Prados
Francisco Javier
FJ
Servicio de Urología del Hospital Universitario de Granada, España. fjvicente@fundacionhvn.org
Rosales Leal
José Luís
JL
Honrubia Vilchez
Beatriz
B
Fernández Sánchez
Antonio
A
Vázquez Alonso
Fernando
F
Pascual Geler
Manrique
M
Martínez Morcillo
Antonio
A
Rodríguez Herrera
Francisco
F
Espejo Maldonado
Eduardo
E
José Manuel
Cozar Olmo
CO
Tallada Buñuel
Miguel
M
D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*