Rare metastases of signet ring cell carcinomas to the scrotum: report of two cases

Metastases of signet ring cell carcinomas to the scrotum are rare. We present 2 patients with this kind of tumor. In 1 patient, the scrotal pathologic examination helped to detect an adenocarcinoma of the appendix with a signet ring cell component, with an extent that had not been apparent clinicall...

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Published inUrology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 769 - 771
Main Authors Niesel, Thomas, Böhm, Joachim, Paul, Roger, Breul, Jürgen, Hartung, Rudolf
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1996
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Appendiceal Neoplasms - pathology
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell - secondary
Colonic Neoplasms - pathology
Genital Neoplasms, Male - secondary
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Scrotum
Tumors
Human
Scrotal diseases
Cytologic investigation
Gut
Metastasis
Malignant tumor
Case study
Scrotum
Signet ring cell carcinoma
Treatment
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Complication
Diagnosis
Male genital diseases
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Summary:Metastases of signet ring cell carcinomas to the scrotum are rare. We present 2 patients with this kind of tumor. In 1 patient, the scrotal pathologic examination helped to detect an adenocarcinoma of the appendix with a signet ring cell component, with an extent that had not been apparent clinically. The other patient was seen at an advanced stage of signet ring cell carcinoma of the sigmoid colon following surgical therapy and palliative chemotherapy. The route of metastases seems to be via seeding along the testicular cord and via lymhatic dissemination.
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ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00023-4