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A 3D Organotypic Melanoma Spheroid Skin Model
Published on: May 18, 2018
[Testicular metastasis as first clinical expression of unknown origin malignant melanoma]
José Antonio Contreras Ibañez1, Pedro Muriel Cueto, José María Baez Perea
1Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, España. joseantonio.contrerasibaez@gmail.com
Objective:
To report a rare process and to stimulate clinicians and pathologists to have this possibility present in their diagnoses.
Methods:
We report the case of an adult male with pain and swelling in the left inguinal region and increased volume of the homolateral testicle.
Conclusions:
It is appropriate to bear in mind the possibility of testicular metastasis of a primary unknown tumor in adult males since metastatic affectation can constitute the first manifestation of the disease.
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