title: Unilateral exophthalmos revealing metastatic prostate cancer.
abstract: Prostate cancer, when metastatic, typically involves the axial skeleton. Sphenoidal metastasis is uncommon. We report a rare case of a 75-year-old man who presented with isolated unilateral exophthalmos. Digital rectal examination and serum prostate-specific antigen level were suggestive of metastatic prostate cancer. The prostate biopsy and imaging findings confirmed the source of the exophthalmos as a sphenoidal metastasis of an aggressive prostate adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco. oelyazami@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Oussama el Yazami
authors.initials: Oel Y
authors.lastname: Adli
authors.forename: Jalal Eddine
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Elammari
authors.forename: Mohammed Jamal
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elfassi
authors.forename: Moulay Hassan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Farih
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus