Metastatic prostate cancer presenting as generalized lymphadenopathy and progressing with inferior vena cava syndrome: A case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: The present study describes the case of a 71-year-old male patient that presented with generalized lymphadenopathy and a pelvic mass, but no signs of bone and visceral metastasis. Their total prostate-specific antigen level was >100 ng/ml. A biopsy of the pelvic mass, situated near the left iliac vessels, confirmed the existence of an adenocarcinoma originating from the prostate and a subsequent prostate biopsy indicated a Gleason score of 4+5. Endocrine treatment with bicalutamide and goserelin (androgen deprivation therapy) resulted in only a partial response of the left iliac metastatic lesions to the treatment. The subsequent treatment plan of androgen deprivation therapy and abiraterone plus docetaxel did not change the progression of the disease. The patient finally developed inferio

SUBMITTER: Wei W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443306 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature