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Primary adenocarcinoma of the epididymis: Case report

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Primary epididymal malignancies are uncommon and usually benign. Benign paratesticular tumors are most commonly adenomatoid, while the most common malignant paratesticular tumors are rhabdomyosarcomas. Approximately 25% of all epididymal tumors are malignant, and of the benign tumors, 60% to 78% are adenomatoid tumors. According to a recent MEDLINE search using epididymis and adenocarcinoma as key words, reports of a primary epididymal adenocarcinoma are extremely rare with only 23 cases in the literature. We report a case of epididymal adenocarcinoma with clinical follow up and metastatic natural history of this rare malignancy.

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  1. Uroloji Klinigi Sisli, Sisli Erfal Araştırma ve Eğitim Hastanesi I, Istanbul, Turkey

    Serdar Arisan

  2. Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, 1st Urology Clinics Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey

    Osman Nuri Akbulut, Omer Onur Cakir & Erbil Ergenekon

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Arisan, S., Akbulut, O.N., Cakir, O.O. et al. Primary adenocarcinoma of the epididymis: Case report. Int Urol Nephrol 36, 77–80 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000032675.79615.ef

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