title: Small cell prostate carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Small cell prostate cancer constitutes less than 1% of all prostate cancers and has a poor prognosis. A 60-year-old male patient presented with dysuria, pollakiuria, and nocturia of about 1-year duration.The total PSA level at admission was 47.50 ng/mL. The prostate needle biopsy result was reported as adenocarcinoma Gleason 5 + 3. The patient underwent transurethral prostate resection (TUR-P) and bilateral orchiectomy. The TUR-P pathology result was consistent with small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was offered systemic chemotherapy but refused it. Examinations and tests at the third postoperative month showed diffuse liver metastasis and vertebral bone metastasis. He died at the 6 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirtaş
authors.forename: Nurettin
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authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Emre Can
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Akınsal
authors.forename: Türev
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demirtaş
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekmekçioğlu
authors.forename: Atila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatlışen