Abstract
Introduction: Prostate cancer most commonly metastasizes to the bone and lymph nodes. Gastrointestinal metastasis has been noted in the literature but appears to be an exceedingly uncommon phenomenon. Large intestinal involvement in particular has been reported on only a few occasions, and never concomitantly with small intestinal metastatic involvement. Case Report: We report the case of a 69-year-old gentleman with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer with development of gastrointestinal symptomatology with extensive investigation eventually revealing small and large intestinal polyps subsequently confirmed to be representative of metastatic prostate cancer. Conclusion: This case demonstrates the importance of maintaining a wide differential diagnosis in the context of gastrointestinal symptomatology in malignancy. Thorough endoscopic evaluation may be necessary in such cases in order to identify potential metastatic malignancy in otherwise relatively unremarkable appearing polyps.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 717-724 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Case Reports in Oncology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jul 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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- Castrate-resistant prostate cancer
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastrointestinal metastasis
- Large intestinal polyps