[Small cell prostatic carcinoma detected at the stage of metastases].
Small cell prostatic carcinoma is rare, with a poor prognosis. The authors report a case of small cell prostatic carcinoma in a 30-year-old patient diagnosed at the stage of metastases. Immunohistochemistry showed positive anti-neuron-specific enolase (NSE.) and anti-synaptophysin antibodies, while serum PSA was normal (1.2 ng/ml). The patient was treated by cisplatin-etoposide combination chemotherapy, but died 20 days after the first course.
Rabii
Redouane
R
Service d'Urologie A, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
Meziane
Anas
A
Taha
Abdelatif
A
Joual
Abdenabi
A
El Mrini
Mohamed
M
D000328:Adult; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*