[Mediastinal adenopathy and cancer of the prostate].
The authors report a case of metastases from a carcinoma of prostate producing mediastinal adenopathy with compression. The clinical presentation was unusual as this is an unusual area for lymphadenopathy and an abnormal lymphatic pattern was invoked as a possible cause or that the lymphatic channels communicating with these nodes had an abnormal thoracic duct. The aetiological diagnosis was facilitated by the presence of a specific prostatic antigen on the lymph node biopsy which allowed one to use an effective androgen suppression therapy.
Boyer
L
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Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand.
Fraysse
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P
Taillandier
J
J
Michel
J L
JL
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms
Adénopathies médiastinales et cancer de la prostate.