[Isolated testicular mass revealing a metastasis of prostate adenocarcinoma].
A testicular mass on a patient over 50 years should be considered as a metastasis, a lymphoma or a spermatocytic seminoma. Testicular metastases are rare, representing about 1 % of all testicular tumors. Prostate is the most common primary site, with less than 100 reported cases in the literature. They are most often incidentally discovered tumors, after bilateral orchiectomy for hormonal management of prostate carcinoma or at autopsy. Metastases revealed by a testicular mass are very rare. We report the original case of an 80-year-old patient with a left testicular mass indicating a metastasis of a prostate carcinoma diagnosed six years earlier. No other metastatic localization was found.
Hommell
Juliette
J
Service d'anatomie pathologique, centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France.
Ragage
Florence
F
Pinatel
Baptiste
B
Ruffion
Alain
A
Decaussin-Petrucci
Myriam
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000728:Androgens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000728:Androgens; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen