Brain metastasis as a sole recurrence of prostate cancer after total prostatectomy

T Hayashi; K Igarashi; A Tanizawa; Y Terada; H Sekine

doi:10.1159/000030225

Brain metastasis as a sole recurrence of prostate cancer after total prostatectomy

Urol Int. 1998;60(2):121-3. doi: 10.1159/000030225.

Authors

T Hayashi¹, K Igarashi, A Tanizawa, Y Terada, H Sekine

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Nissan Kouseikai Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 9563153
DOI: 10.1159/000030225

Abstract

Brain metastasis from prostate cancer is a rare clinical event. We present a case of prostate cancer with a solitary brain metastasis as a sole site of recurrence after total prostatectomy. To our knowledge, this is the third reported case of an isolated brain metastasis from prostate cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
Craniotomy
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
Prostatectomy*
Prostatic Neoplasms / blood
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Prostate-Specific Antigen