title: Midline shift, seizures and acute neurological deterioration due to cranial vault metastases from prostatic carcinoma.
abstract: Intracranial metastases from prostatic cancer are rare, but cranial vault metastases are not. Most patients who have vault metastases present with local symptoms such as pain. We describe a patient who presented with acute neurological symptoms as well as a midline shift, seizures and secondary intracranial effects as a result of the extensive cranial vault metastases from prostate cancer; the symptoms mimicked those of intracranial metastases.
authors: Fulford Radiology, Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth 4601, New Zealand.
authors: Y D
authors: YD
authors: Weerakkody
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Feltham
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Leigh
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen