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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar 1;15(3):e247684.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247684.

Oligometastasis to the testes from oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Sukitha Namal Rupasinghe  1 , Nathan Stephens  2
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Case Reports

Oligometastasis to the testes from oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Sukitha Namal Rupasinghe et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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.

Keywords: oesophageal cancer; oncology; radiotherapy; surgery; surgical oncology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumour on CT.
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Supraclavicular node hot spot.
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Neck ultrasound demonstrating the lymph node demonstrated on PET.
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Preoperative FDG-PET showing (A) avid oesophageal tumour and (B) no abnormal uptake in the groin and genitalia.
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Figure 5
Right testicular ultrasound with Doppler.
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