title: Brain metastasis as a sole recurrence of prostate cancer after total prostatectomy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nissan Kouseikai Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanizawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekine
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen