Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate presenting radiographically as lymphoma.
Anterior mediastinal and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy is rarely clinically evident in patients with metastatic carcinoma of the prostate. We report a case in which the nodal disease was suggestive of the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. Immunohistochemical stain for prostate specific antigen was useful in assuring the diagnosis.
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary