Primary carcinoid tumor of prostate presenting with bone marrow metastases.
Primary carcinoid tumor of the prostate is a rare tumor derived from the amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells of the prostate. We report a case of a 71-year-old man who presented with progressive anemia due to bone marrow metastases from primary carcinoid tumor of the prostate. No other metastasis was found clinically. This pattern of metastasis is very unusual and illustrates that carcinoid tumor of the prostate may metastasize distantly without locoregional lymph node involvement. This unique case highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the evaluation of a metastatic carcinoid tumor of an unknown primary and that it should include the prostate.
Lim
Ken-Hong
KH
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Huang
Ming-Jer
MJ
Yang
Stone
S
Hsieh
Ruey-Kuen
RK
Lin
Johnson
J
D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications