Uveal metastasis from prostate carcinoma
โ Scribed by Patrick de Potter; Carol L. Shields; Jerry A. Shields; David J. Tardio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A case of prostatic adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the epididymis is described, and the literature is reviewed.
Four cases of prostatic carcinoma with metastasis to brain are described. Two of those cases are diagnosed antemortem. Our experience from postmortem case studies and review of the literature point to the fact that metastasis to brain from a prostatic cancer remains a rare occurrence.
## BACKGROUND. In patients with prostate carcinoma, brain metastasis has most commonly been reported in autopsy series. Symptomatic brain metastasis from prostate carcinoma has occasionally been detected. ## METHODS. The authors retrospectively studied a series of 38 patients with antemortem in