title: Orbital metastasis from prostatic carcinoma.
abstract: A rare case of orbital metastasis from carcinoma of the prostate in a 76-year-old man who presented with pain in his left eye, mild proptosis and reduced visual acuity is reported. Cranial CT scanning demonstrated large bone metastases in the left orbit. The patient underwent orbital evisceration. The histopathological studies that were based on the morphological and immunohistochemical findings confirmed the histological diagnosis of orbital metastasis arising from prostatic carcinoma with neuroendocrine features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital, The Ioannina University School of Medicine, GR-45100 Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltogiannis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalogeropoulos
authors.forename: Elli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ioachim
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agnantis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Psilas
authors.forename: Xenofon
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed