title: An Unusual Etiology of Urinary Retention - Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 63-year-old male who presented with painless gross hematuria and urinary retention. Pathology obtained from transurethral resection of the prostate revealed pure small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Metastatic evaluation confirmed stage IV disease with lymphatic and hepatic metastasis. Despite aggressive systemic chemotherapy, the patient succumbed to his disease eleven months after initial diagnosis. Small cell carcinoma is an aggressive variant of prostate cancer that often presents late in the clinical course. We review the literature and discuss the clinical features associated with this rare subset of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Guanqun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Central Hospital, Shenyang Medical College, China.
authors.forename: Chunqing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Central Hospital, Shenyang Medical College, China.
authors.forename: Chengmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Gennady
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bratslavsky
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Byler
keywords: Neuroendocrine tumors; Prostatic carcinoma; Urinary retention