Metastases to testis
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Metastases to testis are a rare cause of a testicular mass and may be bilateral in up to 15% of patients.
Epidemiology
Metastases to the testes are apparent in ~0.04% of autopsy studies in patients with known malignancy. The average age is 57 years, much older than the primary age for primary testicular cancer 2.
Pathology
Aetiology
In adults sources are:
- prostate (most common)
- lung
- malignant melanoma
- colorectal cancer
- renal cell carcinoma
- bladder cancer
- thyroid cancer
- oesophageal adenocarcinoma 4
- pancreatic adenocarcinoma5
In children, sources include:
See also
-<a title="pancreatic adenocarcinoma" href="/articles/pancreatic-adenocarcinoma">pancreatic adenocarcinoma</a><sup><a title="pancreatic adenocarcinoma" href="/articles/pancreatic-adenocarcinoma"> </a>5</sup>- +<a href="/articles/pancreatic-adenocarcinoma">pancreatic adenocarcinoma</a> <sup>5</sup>
References changed:
- 5. Cormio L, Sanguedolce F, Massenio P, Di Fino G, Bruno M, Carrieri G. Testicular metastasis as the first clinical manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a case report. (2015) Journal of Medical Case Reports. 9 (1): 139. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0626-4">doi:10.1186/s13256-015-0626-4</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26066034">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 5. L Cormio, F Sanguedolce, P Massenio, et al. Testicular metastasis as the first clinical manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a case report. (2015) Journal of Medical Case Reports. 9 (1): 139. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0626-4">doi:10.1186/s13256-015-0626-4</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26066034">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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