title: Metastasis to the tunica vaginalis testis from a primary mucinous tumor of the cecum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We review the literature about secondary testicular tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a patient with a metastatic mucus-secreting testicular tumor who presented in the emergency room with symptoms of acute scrotum 10 months after surgery for a mixed tumor of the cecum. This type of tumor is rare, and the treatment of choice is orchiectomy; nevertheless, the prognosis of such metastasis remains poor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Because mucinous tumors can present late dissemination, long-term follow-up with assessment of the most common sites of metastasis is necessary. Our patient died 21 months after the initial diagnosis
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Testicular metastases and mucus-secreting intestinal tumor metastases are rare. These tumors occur in patients older than 60 years of age and young men. As in the case of primary tumors, the treatment is orchiectomy.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete. Albacete. Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús Martínez
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Carlos Martínez
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sanchis
authors.forename: Pedro Carrión
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Hector Pastor
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: María J Donate
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Antonio S Salinas
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Manuel Atienzar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tobarra
authors.forename: Julio A Virseda
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult