title: Unusual clinical presentation of metastatic prostatic carcinoma in elderly patients.
abstract: Three elderly patients with unusual symptoms of metastatic prostatic carcinoma are presented. The first patient suffered from recurrent acute renal failure, the second presented with induration of penis, and in the third patient an acute onset of paraparesis was the presenting symptom of prostatic cancer. The incidence of such symptoms is reviewed and the importance of early diagnosis and therapy is discussed.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary