TY - JOUR
T1 - Brain metastasis
T2 - An unusual complication from prostatic adenocarcinoma
AU - Fervenza, Fernando C.
AU - Wolanskyj, Alexandra P.
AU - Eklund, Heidi E.
AU - Richardson, Ronald L.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A 61-year-old man with known prostatic carcinoma presented with acute mental status changes. Radiographic evaluation revealed a large intraparenchymal brain mass. Surgical biopsy demonstrated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Our review of the literature reveals that cerebral metastasis is a rare complication of prostate cancer.
AB - A 61-year-old man with known prostatic carcinoma presented with acute mental status changes. Radiographic evaluation revealed a large intraparenchymal brain mass. Surgical biopsy demonstrated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Our review of the literature reveals that cerebral metastasis is a rare complication of prostate cancer.
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U2 - 10.4065/75.1.79
DO - 10.4065/75.1.79
M3 - Article
C2 - 10630761
AN - SCOPUS:0033963331
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 75
SP - 79
EP - 82
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 1
ER -