Prostate Cancer : Testicular Metastases
Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD
Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA
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Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma to the testis. Atrophic seminiferous tubules are surrounded by high-grade cancer. Before the availability of chemotherapeutic agents to induce androgen deprivation, patients with metastatic prostate cancer underwent orchiectomy to remove the source of endogenous androgens. Routine examination of such specimens resulted in frequent detection of testicular metastases even though it is a rare occurrence.