We report the case of a 73-year-old patient who presented with a local
recurrence of a prostatic carcinoma which had metastasized to the rig
ht epididymis. The histopathological examination of the resected tissu
e after transurethral resection of the prostate 8 years before reveale
d a pluriformal adenocarcinoma of the prostate, but the patient refuse
d any kind of therapy at that time.