Prostatic carcinoma metastatic to choroid.

Prostatic carcinoma metastatic to choroid.

Metastatic prostatic carcinoma of the choroid became clinically undetectable after orchidectomy and oestrogen administration. The choroidal tumour rapidly regressed over a 2-month period and clinically disappeared, with restoration of 6/6 vision from 6/60 and return of visual field. This dramatic response and lack of complications make hormonal manipulation the preferred mode of initial therapy...

Prostatic carcinoma metastatic to the optic nerve.

Optic nerve can be infiltrated with various tumors and inflammatory processes, with a considerable prevalence of primary over secondary tumors. Metastases of gastric carcinoma to the optic nerve are less frequently, and those of prostatic carcinoma very infrequently observed. A 66-year-old man presented with metastasis to the optic nerve with consequential vision loss to the level of light perc...

Metastatic prostatic carcinoma to testis: histological features mimicking lymphoma.

We report a case of prostatic carcinoma with testicular metastasis, which mimicked malignant lymphoma of the testis. The patient was a 71 year-old man with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma of Gleason score 9 (4+5) diagnosed in 2001 for which he received hormonal therapy. Four years later, the patient developed multiple osteoblastic bone metastases. Radiotherapy of the bone metastases was gi...

Cases of Metastatic Carcinoma of the Choroid and Iris.

ACUTE APPENDICITIS DUE TO METASTASIS OF PROSTATIC CARCINOMA

A 70 year old male presented with right lower quadrant pain and anorexia for about 72 hours prior to hospital admission. He underwent laparotomy with impression of acute appendicitis. The operative finding was an inflamed tumoral appendix without appendicular base involvement, and appendectomy was done. The patient had an uneventful post-op course. Due to the pathology report of prostatic ...