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Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer

Patient: Male, 58 Final Diagnosis: Prostate cancer Symptoms: Testicular mass Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Oncology OBJECTIVE: Unusual clinical course BACKGROUND: Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequently diagnosed carcinoma in the male population; the most common sites of sec...

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Autores principales: Bonetta, Alberto, Generali, Daniele, Corona, Silvia Paola, Cancarini, Gianni, Brenna, Sarah Grazia, Pacifico, Chiara, Roviello, Giandomenico
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Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804118
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.904521
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author Bonetta, Alberto
Generali, Daniele
Corona, Silvia Paola
Cancarini, Gianni
Brenna, Sarah Grazia
Pacifico, Chiara
Roviello, Giandomenico
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description Patient: Male, 58 Final Diagnosis: Prostate cancer Symptoms: Testicular mass Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Oncology OBJECTIVE: Unusual clinical course BACKGROUND: Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequently diagnosed carcinoma in the male population; the most common sites of secondary lesions are nodes, bones, and lungs. We report the clinical case of a 58-year-old man presenting with a single metastasis in the left testis after a radical prostatectomy/lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer. CASE REPORT: This clinical report focuses on a 58-year-old man with prostate cancer who developed an uncommon single metastasis in the left testis after radical surgery and adjuvant pelvic radiation therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are important in the follow-up of prostate cancer. At the same time, physical examination of all possible sites of metastasis and proper evaluation of all signs/symptoms are indispensable in the process of identifying recurrence and for the selection of patients undergoing adjuvant therapy.
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spelling pubmed-55677652017-08-25 Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer Bonetta, Alberto Generali, Daniele Corona, Silvia Paola Cancarini, Gianni Brenna, Sarah Grazia Pacifico, Chiara Roviello, Giandomenico Am J Case Rep Articles Patient: Male, 58 Final Diagnosis: Prostate cancer Symptoms: Testicular mass Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Oncology OBJECTIVE: Unusual clinical course BACKGROUND: Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequently diagnosed carcinoma in the male population; the most common sites of secondary lesions are nodes, bones, and lungs. We report the clinical case of a 58-year-old man presenting with a single metastasis in the left testis after a radical prostatectomy/lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer. CASE REPORT: This clinical report focuses on a 58-year-old man with prostate cancer who developed an uncommon single metastasis in the left testis after radical surgery and adjuvant pelvic radiation therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are important in the follow-up of prostate cancer. At the same time, physical examination of all possible sites of metastasis and proper evaluation of all signs/symptoms are indispensable in the process of identifying recurrence and for the selection of patients undergoing adjuvant therapy. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2017-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5567765/ /pubmed/28804118 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.904521 Text en © Am J Case Rep, 2017 This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
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Pacifico, Chiara
Roviello, Giandomenico
Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer
title Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer
title_full Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer
title_fullStr Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer
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title_short Isolated Testicular Metastasis from Prostate Cancer
title_sort isolated testicular metastasis from prostate cancer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804118
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.904521
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