Case Report 

A CASE REPORT OF METACHRONOUS METASTATIC TESTICULAR CANCER OF COLORECTAL ORIGIN


Kadhim Faruq Namiq a, Fadhil Ahmed Mohaildeen b, Shalaw Hamaali Abdalla a, Mateen Maarouf Mansour c and Kawa Abdallah Mahmood d


a Hiwa Cancer Hospital, Directorate of Health, Sulaimani.
b Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Technical College of Health, Sulaimani.
c Department of Histopathology, Shorsh General Hospital, Sulaimani.
d Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani.


Submitted: 8/1/2017; Accepted: 10/7/2018; Published 15/10/2018



ABSTRACT


Metastatic testicular neoplasm is rare and carries poor prognosis compared to primary germ cell tumours. Colorectal cancers usually metastasize to the liver, lungs, skeletal system, brain and adrenals, whereas only 8% of all metastatic testicular lesions are from colorectal cancer origin. Several histopathological features and mechanisms of metastasis to the testicles have been stated in the literature. 


KEYWORDS

Colorectal cancer, Testicular metastasis, Chemotherapy.

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