Contralateral Testicular Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Engin Kolukcu; Sahin Kilic; Bekir Süha Parlaktas; Faik Alev Deresoy; Dogan Atilgan; Ozge Gumusay; Nihat Uluocak

doi:10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.18357

Contralateral Testicular Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Eurasian J Med. 2019 Oct;51(3):310-312. doi: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.18357.

Authors

Engin Kolukcu¹, Sahin Kilic², Bekir Süha Parlaktas³, Faik Alev Deresoy⁴, Dogan Atilgan³, Ozge Gumusay⁵, Nihat Uluocak³

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Urology, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey.
² Clinic of Urology, Fethiye State Hospital, Muğla, Turkey.
³ Department of Urology, Gaziosmanpaşa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Gaziosmanpaşa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Gaziosmanpaşa University School.

Abstract

Testicular metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a very rare condition in the literature. In this case report, a 56-year-old man with RCC in the right kidney and metastasis of RCC to the left testicle detected 12 months after nephrectomy was assessed and discussed in the context of literature information.

Keywords: Metastasis; renal cell carcinoma; testis.