Table 1 Selected case series reporting metastases to the testis

Pienkos et al. [20]

Autopsy

24,000

15 (0.06)

Lung 7 (46.6); Melanoma 2 (13.2); Ureter 1 (6.7); Kidney 1 (6.7); Rectum 1 (6.7); Salivary gland 1 (6.7); Pancreas 1 (6.7); Unknown 1 (6.7).

Nistal et al. [28]

Autopsy

3,474

5 (0.14)

Pancreatic 1 (20); urinary bladder 1 (20); prostate 1 (20); neuroblastoma 2 (40).

Tiltman AJ. [18]

Autopsy

2,271

6 (2.5)

Prostate 2 (33.3); melanoma 2 (33.3); lung 1 (16.7); pleural mesothelioma 1 (16.7)

García-González et al. [21]

Autopsy

780

5 (0.64)

Lung 3 (60); melanoma 1 (20); pancreatic endocrine carcinoma 1 (20).

Patel et al. [23]

Autopsy/diagnostic/therapeutic

550

20 (3.6)

Prostate 12 (60), melanoma 3 (15), sarcoma 2 (10), lung 1 (5), colon 1 (5), renal carcinoma 1 (5)

Sharma et al. [25]

Diagnostic/therapeutic

300

10 (3.33)

Prostate 6 (60); lung 1 (10); larynx 1 (10); kidney 1 (10); colon (10).

Lu et al. [26]

Diagnostic

200

14 (7)

Prostate 8 (57.1); Lung 2 (14.3); Esophagus 1 (7.1); Seminal vescicles 1 (7.1); Sigmoid colon 1 (7.1); Unknown 1 (7.1).

Dutt et al. [19]

Autopsy/diagnostic/therapeutic

31

22

Prostate 6 (27.4); stomach 5 (22.8); lung 3 (13.6); melanoma 2 (9.2); neuroblastoma 1 (4.5), medulloblastoma 1 (4.5); rectum 1 (4.5); rhabdomyosarcoma 1 (4.5); pancreas 1 (4.5); unknown (4.5) (leukemias: 9 cases).

Ulbright et al. [27]

Diagnostic

26

26

Prostate 11 (42.3); renal 4 (15.4); colon 4 (15.4); urinary tract 3 (11.5); lung 2 (7.7); esophagus 1 (3.8); small intestine 1 (3.9).

Grignon et al. [22]

Diagnostic/autopsy

18

18

Lung 9 (50), prostate 4 (22.2), stomach 4 (22.2), bile tract 1 (5.6).

Bhasin et al. [24]

Diagnostic/therapeutic

10

10

Prostate 4 (40); gastrointestinal 4 (40); kidney 2 (20).