Giant cystic degeneration of the rete testis.
OBJECTIVE
We present a case of giant cyst of the rete-testis.


RESULTS
85 year-old patient on follow -up for prostate cancer with maximum androgen blockade (MAB) treatment consults for a left hemiscrotum increase in size over a 2-month period. We performed bilateral orchiectomy confirming the histopathological diagnosis of cystic dilatation of the rete-testis sized 11 x 11 x 9 cm.


CONCLUSIONS
This case of cystic degeneration of the rete-testis, with a size out of common (11 x 11 x 9 cm versus medium size in the literature: 3 x 3 x 3 cm), could be related with an androgen-estrogen misbalance caused by a MAB in a prostate cancer context.
Busto Martín
Luis A
LA
Hospital and University Complex of La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain.
García
Daniel López
DL
Barghouti
Iyad
I
Abal
Venancio Chantada
VC
Castañón
Luis Busto
LB
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012152:Rete Testis; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*