Midline shift, seizures and acute neurological deterioration due to cranial vault metastases from prostatic carcinoma.
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.
Weerakkody
Y D
YD
Fulford Radiology, Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth 4601, New Zealand.
Feltham
R L
RL
Leigh
A J
AJ
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
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen