Prostate cancer presenting as visual changes.
Dural metastases have traditionally been considered a rare complication of prostate cancer; various case reports and autopsy series from the past have shown rates between 1 and 9%. Recent data from our advanced prostate cancer autopsy series, however, demonstrate a rate of dural lesions around 25%, suggesting that such complications may be more prevalent than previously reported. A case of prostate cancer, which was diagnosed after the patient presented with visual changes, is reported. Subsequent work-up revealed a lesion in the left tentorium, which was determined to be adenocarcinoma and stained positive for PSA and PAP.
Olson
Karin B
KB
University of Michigan, Department of Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109-0946, USA. kbolson@umich.edu
Pienta
Kenneth J
KJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D004388:Dura Mater; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*