[Haemorrhagic brain metastasis from prostatic adenocarcinoma].
BACKGROUND
Prostatic adenocarcinomas have a marked tendency to spread to lymph nodes and bones, with occasional internal organ metastases. Brain metastases from prostatic carcinomas are rare.


METHODS
We report the case of a patient with haemorrhagic brain metastasis from prostatic adenocarcinoma, which was initially considered to be a parenchymatous brain haemorrhage. The possible ways by which it can spread, the difficulty involved in interpreting the images and the role played by a biopsy with immunostaining in reaching a final diagnosis are also discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
Perhaps the most significant aspect of this case was the 13 year period that elapsed between diagnosis of the primary tumour and brain metastasis, the absence of spreading to lymph nodes and the localised, intrapelvic, aspect of the bone lesion that was detected.
Cuesta Mejías
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TC
Hospital Clinico Quirurgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana, Cuba. tcuesto@abchospital.com
Revilla Pacheco
F
F
Gómez Reguera
L
L
Salgado Lujambio
P
P
García Ortiz
R
R
Salgado Salgado
G
G
Villalobos Prieto
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors