title: Radiology case of the month. Progressive slurring of speech and difficulty reading in a 62-year-old male. Final diagnosis: Metastatic small cell cancer of the prostate gland.
abstract: A 62-year-old male with controlled hypertension, coronary artery disease, and borderline diabetes presented to the emergency room after experiencing a gradual one-month progression of slurring of speech and difficulty reading. The patient maintained his vital signs throughout his ambulance ride to the hospital and was clinically stable at time of arrival to the emergency department.
authors: Third-year Medical Student at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Stark
authors: Second-year Radiology Resident at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors: Jagan D
authors: JD
authors: Gupta
authors: Intern at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors: Tracy
authors: T
authors: Austin
authors: Clinical Professor of Radiology at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Palacios
authors: Professor of Radiology and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors: Harold
authors: H
authors: Neitzschman
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*