Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis with uncommon presentation as haematocele

Mehra BR, Thawait AP, Narang RR, Gangane NM, Vyas VJ
Correspondence: Dr Bhupendra Kumar Mehra, drbhupi_mehra@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT
Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis was encountered in a 62-year-old man. The tumour was localised in the region of the testicular hilum as a greyish-white nodule that showed no involvement of the adjacent testicular parenchyma or the epididymis. On microscopical examination, there was a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma separated by fibrovascular stroma, entirely confined to the testicular hilum. This primary carcinoma of the rete testis presented as a haematocele.

Keywords: adenocarcinoma, haematocele, rete testis, testicular tumour
Singapore Med J 2007; 48(12): e311–e313