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Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma involving the testis is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. The current study describes the case of a 69-year-old male who presented with a painful swelling of the left scrotum. Scrotal ultrasonography revealed hydroceles in the scrotal sacs, with the left on...

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Autores principales: KIM, YEON WOOK, KIM, JIN WON, KIM, JEE-HYUN, LEE, JUNGSIL, LEE, EUIJAE, KIM, MOON YOUNG, YANG, HYUN KYUNG, CHANG, HYUN
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932235
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2009
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description Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma involving the testis is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. The current study describes the case of a 69-year-old male who presented with a painful swelling of the left scrotum. Scrotal ultrasonography revealed hydroceles in the scrotal sacs, with the left one being larger in size. The patient underwent left hydrocelectomy and was eventually diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma. Abdominal computed tomography, which was performed to detect the primary cancer, showed a pancreatic tail carcinoma with liver and multiple lymph node metastases, and peritoneal carcinomatosis. The patient received gemcitabine-based chemotherapy but resulted in progressive disease. This case shows that in a patient in whom a primary testicular tumor is unusual due to their age, a testicular mass or hydrocele should be a suspect for possible metastatic disease.
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spelling pubmed-40496722014-06-13 Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma KIM, YEON WOOK KIM, JIN WON KIM, JEE-HYUN LEE, JUNGSIL LEE, EUIJAE KIM, MOON YOUNG YANG, HYUN KYUNG CHANG, HYUN Oncol Lett Articles Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma involving the testis is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. The current study describes the case of a 69-year-old male who presented with a painful swelling of the left scrotum. Scrotal ultrasonography revealed hydroceles in the scrotal sacs, with the left one being larger in size. The patient underwent left hydrocelectomy and was eventually diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma. Abdominal computed tomography, which was performed to detect the primary cancer, showed a pancreatic tail carcinoma with liver and multiple lymph node metastases, and peritoneal carcinomatosis. The patient received gemcitabine-based chemotherapy but resulted in progressive disease. This case shows that in a patient in whom a primary testicular tumor is unusual due to their age, a testicular mass or hydrocele should be a suspect for possible metastatic disease. D.A. Spandidos 2014-06 2014-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4049672/ /pubmed/24932235 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2009 Text en Copyright © 2014, Spandidos Publications http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited.
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LEE, JUNGSIL
LEE, EUIJAE
KIM, MOON YOUNG
YANG, HYUN KYUNG
CHANG, HYUN
Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title_full Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title_short Metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: An initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
title_sort metastatic testicular tumor presenting as a scrotal hydrocele: an initial manifestation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932235
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2009
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