title: Paratesticular metastasis of malignant melanoma: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of multimetastatic malignant melanoma that was diagnosed after histopathologic examination of the excised paratesticular mass. Our patient initially visited the neurosurgery clinic due to low back pain. After preliminary evaluation, he was referred to our clinic due to a right scrotal mass. We excised the paratesticular mass and testis. The histopathologic findings were consistent with malignant melanoma. He was referred to the oncology department for adjuvant treatment. The patient died during the third month of chemotherapy. Our case was unique because the malignant melanoma was widely metastatic and involved primarily paratesticular tissues without any invasion of the testis and epididymis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. omer_acar_@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uluocak
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: Isin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kilicaslan
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gokce
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain; D001706:Biopsy; D004822:Epididymis / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed