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 adenocarcinoma 5
- gastric carcinoma 6
- upper tract urothelial carcinoma (rare) 7
- lymphoma/leukaemia8
In children, sources include:
See also
-<a title="Upper tract urothelial carcinoma" href="/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-ureter">upper tract urothelial carcinoma</a> (rare) <sup>7</sup>- +<a href="/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-ureter">upper tract urothelial carcinoma</a> (rare) <sup>7</sup>
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- +<a title="Lymphoma" href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a>/l<a title="Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia" href="/articles/acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia">eukaemia</a> <sup>8</sup>
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- 8. Ramasamy R. Metastatic tumors to testis. (2013) Urology annals. 5 (3): 220. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049393">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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