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Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Whereas testicular metastases are in themselves a rare entity, testicular secondaries from an appendiceal carcinoma have not yet been described. The case also illustrates the diagnostic dilemma of a tumour presenting as epididymo-orchitis. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present a case of...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Shashank, Coup, Andrew, Kershaw, John B, Buchholz, Noor PN
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC375536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15053832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-4-1
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author Kulkarni, Shashank
Coup, Andrew
Kershaw, John B
Buchholz, Noor PN
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description BACKGROUND: Whereas testicular metastases are in themselves a rare entity, testicular secondaries from an appendiceal carcinoma have not yet been described. The case also illustrates the diagnostic dilemma of a tumour presenting as epididymo-orchitis. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present a case of an appendiceal carcinoma that, two years after radical therapy, manifested as a secondary in the testis. It was misdiagnosed as an epididymo-orchitis and was only revealed through histology. CONCLUSIONS: Practitioners need to remember that long-standing testicular inflammation may result form secondary tumours. Even "exotic" primary tumours in the medical history of the patient must give rise to an increased suspicion threshold.
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spelling pubmed-3755362004-03-27 Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature Kulkarni, Shashank Coup, Andrew Kershaw, John B Buchholz, Noor PN BMC Urol Case Report BACKGROUND: Whereas testicular metastases are in themselves a rare entity, testicular secondaries from an appendiceal carcinoma have not yet been described. The case also illustrates the diagnostic dilemma of a tumour presenting as epididymo-orchitis. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors present a case of an appendiceal carcinoma that, two years after radical therapy, manifested as a secondary in the testis. It was misdiagnosed as an epididymo-orchitis and was only revealed through histology. CONCLUSIONS: Practitioners need to remember that long-standing testicular inflammation may result form secondary tumours. Even "exotic" primary tumours in the medical history of the patient must give rise to an increased suspicion threshold. BioMed Central 2004-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC375536/ /pubmed/15053832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-4-1 Text en Copyright © 2004 Kulkarni et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Coup, Andrew
Kershaw, John B
Buchholz, Noor PN
Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title_full Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title_short Metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
title_sort metastatic appendiceal adenocarcinoma presenting late as epididymo-orchitis: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC375536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15053832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-4-1
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