Radical prostatectomy in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta: a possible surgical trap.
An exceedingly rare case of a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta and prostate cancer is reported. The patient underwent radical prostatectomy, which had to be stopped due to the extremely narrow space for surgical manipulation. The clinical, diagnostic and operative peculiarities of the case are presented and the relevant literature reviewed.
Dimanovski
Jordan
J
Clinical Department of Urology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. jdima@kbsm.hr
Anticevic
Darko
D
Stimac
Goran
G
Kraus
Ognjen
O
Tripkovic
Branko
B
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome