Metastatic Prostate Cancer Presenting as a Rectal Polyp: A Rare Occurrence
| Autor: | Ifeanyichukwu Onukogu, Niket Sonpal, Solomon Agbroko, Ese Uwagbale, Vimal Bodiwala |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Rectum Colonoscopy 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Lesion 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Prostate medicine Internal Medicine Rectal Polyp Gastrointestinal tract rectal polyp medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Engineering Gastroenterology Pathology Report medicine.disease prostate cancer malignant colonic polyp digestive system diseases rectal metastases medicine.anatomical_structure Radiology Public Health medicine.symptom metastatic prostate carcinoma business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | The prostate is anatomically located anterior to the rectum. Due to this proximity, locally advanced tumors of the prostate can invade the rectal tissue; likewise, colorectal cancers can invade the prostate gland; This presents mainly as an invasive mass with an identifiable primary and is rarely an isolated lesion. Prostate cancer rarely affects the gastrointestinal tract. Few cases of prostate cancer metastatic to the gastrointestinal tract have been reported in patients with a known prostate cancer history. Initial diagnosis of prostate cancer diagnosed from a colonic polyp is rare. We report a case of metastatic prostate cancer first diagnosed from a rectal polyp. Our patient is a 76-year-old man who initially presented with fatigue and 20 pounds weight loss in five months. The patient never had a colonoscopy before the presentation. A colonoscopy was done, which showed multiple colonic polyps and a pathology report of metastatic prostate cancer from a 12 mm rectal polyp. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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