Testicular Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Keren Rouvinov; Endre Z Neulander; Elena Kan; Murad Asali; Samuel Ariad; Wilmosh Mermershtain

doi:10.1159/000473698

Testicular Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Rep Oncol. 2017 Apr 27;10(1):388-391. doi: 10.1159/000473698. eCollection 2017 Jan-Apr.

Authors

Keren Rouvinov¹, Endre Z Neulander², Elena Kan³, Murad Asali², Samuel Ariad¹, Wilmosh Mermershtain¹

Affiliations

¹ aDepartment of Oncology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
² bDepartment of Urology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
³ cDepartment of Pathology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Abstract

Testicular metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only 33 cases have been described in the literature. Most of the reported cases are of unilateral testicular metastasis from RCC. We report a case of metachronous ipsilateral testicular metastasis from RCC in a 78-year-old man 6 years after nephrectomy. Scrotal ultrasonography showed a 4 × 5 cm mass in the right testis. Right inguinal orchiectomy was performed for diagnosis. Computed tomography revealed liver and lung metastases. First-line therapy with sunitinib was started in November 2016 for metastatic RCC.

Keywords: Orchiectomy; Renal cell carcinoma; Sunitinib; Testicular metastasis.

Publication types

Case Reports