title: Brain metastasis: an unusual complication from prostatic adenocarcinoma.
abstract: A 61-year-old man with known prostatic carcinoma presented with acute mental status changes. Radiographic evaluation revealed a large intraparenchymal brain mass. Surgical biopsy demonstrated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Our review of the literature reveals that cerebral metastasis is a rare complication of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn 55905, USA.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Fervenza
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wolanskyj
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Eklund
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*