A Prostate Carcinoma Metastasized to Bilateral Breasts.
- Author:
Hyuk Jin CHO
1
;
Eun Sock LEE
;
Jae Shin PARK
;
Jong Yup BAE
;
Sung Hwan PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Prostate cancer;
Metastasis;
Breast
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Androgen Antagonists;
Biopsy;
Breast*;
Gynecomastia;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Prognosis;
Prostate*;
Prostatic Neoplasms
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2005;46(1):96-99
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Antiandrogens are generally used for the treatment of prostate cancer, with gynecomastia the most common adverse event seen during therapy. However, a breast mass in a man with a carcinoma of the prostate may represent a metastatic disease or, less often, a primary carcinoma of the breast. Clinically diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer to the breast is a rare event. Breast metastasis represents an end-stage manifestation of the cancer, with an extremely poor prognosis. Herein, the case of a 62-year-old man, who presented with bilateral breast masses 7 months after antiandrogen therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, is reported. An excisional biopsy of the breast mass revealed a metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma.
