Unusual Ultrasound Presentation of Testicular Metastasis from Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma

Testicular metastases from renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) are extremely uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, only 32 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of testicular metastasis from RCC. A 69-year-old patient presented with discomfort and pain in his left testis....

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Published inRare tumors Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 6471 - 129
Main Author Dell'Atti, Lucio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England PAGEPress Scientific Publications, Pavia, Italy 06.10.2016
PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
SAGE Publishing
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Case Report
renal carcinoma
Testicular metastasis
ultrasound
Testicular metastasis
ultrasound
renal carcinoma
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Summary:Testicular metastases from renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) are extremely uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, only 32 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of testicular metastasis from RCC. A 69-year-old patient presented with discomfort and pain in his left testis. He had undergone laparoscopic left radical nephrectomy at another institution. Scrotal ultrasonography revealed a non-palpable lesion at the upper pole of the left testis with hypoechoic aspect, highly suspicious for malignancy. We performed a left inguinal orchiectomy. The testicular lesion was diagnosed as a metastasis from RCC. After orchiectomy, a computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed no other metastatic lesions. The patient remains free of clinical recurrence after 20 months without adjuvant therapy.
Bibliography:Conflict of interest: the author declares no potential conflict of interest.
ISSN:2036-3605
2036-3613
2036-3613
DOI:10.4081/rt.2016.6471