Skene duct adenocarcinoma in a patient with an elevated serum prostate-specific antigen level: a case report
| Autor: | Kazuhide Makiyama, Taku Mochizuki, Masako Otani, Yusuke Hattori, Takashi Kawahara, Yasuhide Miyoshi, Sohgo Tsutsumi, Hiroji Uemura, Jun-ichi Teranishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Female genital neoplasm Urethral adenocarcinoma Biopsy 030232 urology & nephrology Urology lcsh:Medicine Urethral Adenocarcinoma Case Report Adenocarcinoma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Antigen Surgical oncology Duct Adenocarcinoma Medicine Humans Aged Urethral Neoplasms medicine.diagnostic_test Urethral Carcinoma business.industry lcsh:R Skene adenocarcinoma General Medicine Prostate-Specific Antigen Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prostate-specific antigen 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Urethral carcinoma Female business Tomography X-Ray Computed Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Case Reports Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |
| Popis: | Background Female urethral carcinoma is a very rare disease that accounts for 0.02% of malignant diseases in female patients. Case presentation A 70-year-old Asian Japanese woman with a urethral tumor was referred to our hospital to undergo further examination. Biopsy specimens showed urethral adenocarcinoma that was positive for prostate-specific antigen. Her serum prostate-specific antigen level before surgery was 34.4 ng/ml. Urethral tumor resection with pelvic lymph node resection was performed. Her serum prostate-specific antigen level decreased to |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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