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Year : 2018 | Volume
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Unusual presentation of patients with prostate cancer in Zaria: A report of four cases
Ahmad Bello1, Musliu Adetola Tolani1, Muhammed Ahmed1, Ahmed Tijjani Lawal1, Dauda Eneyamire Suleiman2, Balarabe Kabir2, Abdullahi Sudi1, Babatunde Kolapo Hamza1, Oyelowo Nasir1, Abdulsalam Ibrahim Khalifa1, Hussaini Yusuf Maitama1
1 Division of Urology, Departments of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University/Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria 2 Division of Urology, Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University/Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ahmad Bello Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ais.ais_31_18
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Advanced prostate cancer usually presents with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or metastatic bone disease. Detection of an associated jaundice, suprapubic, or flank mass is unusual in advanced disease just as associated visceral or cutaneous metastasis is quite an uncommon presentation in prostate cancer. We report four cases in this series to highlight the unusual presentations of this cancer with a huge suprapubic mass (case 1); jaundice with associated multiple, nodal, and soft tissue metastasis (case 2); associated retroperitoneal mass (case 3); and synchronous primary renal cancer with background HIV infection (case 4). In conclusion, patients with unusual presentation of prostate cancer may constitute diagnostic dilemma, especially in the setting of retroperitoneal or suprapubic mass. Despite the fact that the findings highlighted in this series were unusual, their response to hormonal ablation was good.
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