title: Giant cystic degeneration of the rete testis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital and University Complex of La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Busto Martín
authors.forename: Daniel López
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Iyad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barghouti
authors.forename: Venancio Chantada
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Abal
authors.forename: Luis Busto
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Castañón
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012152:Rete Testis; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*