Giant Organ Confined Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
Date
2008-1-29
Authors
Brahmbhatt, Jamin V.
Liou, Louis S.
Version
OA Version
Citation
Brahmbhatt, Jamin V, Louis S Liou. "Giant organ confined prostatic adenocarcinoma: a case report" Journal of Medical Case Reports 2:28. (2008)
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Giant prostatic adenocarcinoma represents a rare and challenging treatment dilemma.
CASE PRESENTATION
We describe a case of an otherwise healthy 71-year-old African male who presented with a PSA of 5800 ng/ml and a prostate volume of over 1000cc. Unique aspects of this case include the size of the prostate, the apparent absence of distant metastases, and the safe usage of transabdominal biopsy of this mass.
CONCLUSION
We present this case report and review of literature to generate further discussion amongst readers as to management options for this difficult case.
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License
Copyright 2008 Brahmbhatt and Liou; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.