Testicular metastases from carcinoma of the prostate

ABSTRACT

Secondary testicular tumours are uncommon and most originate from prostatic carcinoma. A retrospective study of the clinico-pathological features of prostatic carcinoma metastatic to the testes was conducted in the Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for the period June 1958 to January 1998. Metastatic prostatic carcinoma was seen in 1.4 percent of the 284 orchiectomy specimens examined. A brief review of the literature related to this entity was undertaken.(AU)