Open AccessIncidentally Detected Testicular Metastasis in a Case of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Sowmiya Sampathrajan,
Garima Garg,
Sweety Gupta,
Shailesh Chandra Sahay,
Sajal De
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15849.6884
Subject(s) - orchiectomy , medicine , prostatic adenocarcinoma , metastasis , presentation (obstetrics) , adenocarcinoma , castration , prostate , bone metastasis , pathology , prostate carcinoma , histopathological examination , case presentation , carcinoma , urology , radiology , surgery , cancer , hormone
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is one of the common cancers among elderly men worldwide. However, testicular metastasis detected incidentally after orchiectomy is a rare presentation as most commonly we encounter patients presenting with bone metastasis at the time of primary diagnosis. Here, we describe a recently diagnosed case of prostatic carcinoma that had metastasis in a single testis, incidentally detected in the orchiectomy histopathological specimen, performed for surgical castration and emphasize the importance of routine microscopical examination of the testicular specimens.