title: [A case of giant prostate carcinoma difficult to diagnose because of absence of urinary difficulty].
abstract: A 76-year-old man who had been suffering from bilateral leg edema and lower abdominal distension since June 2008, consulted our hospital. The computed tomography revealed a giant pelvic mass with a high value of prostate specific antigen. A transrectal prostatic biopsy was performed and the histopathological diagnosis was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of prostate. The clinical stage was D2 with multiple lung metastases but no bone metastasis. After 3 months of multiple androgen blockade (MAB), the multiple lung metastases disappeared. MAB is being continued.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Tushima Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*