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Oligometastasis to the testes from oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Sukitha Namal Rupasinghe1, Nathan Stephens2
1Liverpool Oesophago-Gastric Surgery Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK namalr@doctors.org.uk.
Abstract:
Upper gastrointestinal tumours can metastasise to many viscera including the female reproductive system (Krukenberg tumour). However, spread to the male genitalia is extremely rare. We report the case of a man in his 70s who underwent oesophagogastrectomy for oesophagogastric junctional (OGJ) cancer with a complete response to neoadjuvant treatment who presented 4 months after completing treatment with a solitary testicular metastases.
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