Bilateral testicular metastasis from prostatic adenocarcinoma mimicking an intertubular pattern of seminoma and expressing Rhamm.

نویسندگان

  • Santosh Menon
  • Sumeet Gujral
  • Ganesh Bakshi
  • Hemant B Tongaonkar
چکیده

Adenocarcinoma of prostate metastasizing to testis is a rare occurrence and is incidentally detected in orchiectomy specimens. The pattern of metastasis may mimic a primary neoplasm of testis like a seminoma or lymphoma and pose a diagnostic difficulty for the pathologist. A rare case of bilateral testicular metastasis of prostatic adenocarcinoma is presented wherein the metastatic cells expressed CD168, a receptor for hyaluronan mediated motility (Rhamm), implicated in the development of androgen independence in prostate cancer.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of cancer research and therapeutics

دوره 6 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010