Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis 21 years after orchiopexy: case report and review of the literature.

Adenocarcinoma of the rete testis is a rare tumor. In nearly all patients metastases occur early to the lymph nodes, lungs, corpus testis, skin, liver and bone. Patients seldom survive longer than 1 year. Treatment consists of inguinal orchiectomy but the metastatic lesions have been resistant to radiation and/or chemotherapy.