Pulmonary embolus as a first presentation of occult metastatic prostate cancer.
BMJ Case Rep
; 20122012 Sep 07.
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| ID: mdl-22962385
A 65-year-old gentleman with a previous history of pulmonary embolus presented with a subacute onset of shortness of breath, haemoptysis and chest pain associated with a swollen left leg. Ultrasound Doppler scanning of the leg revealed no deep-vein thrombosis. Thereafter, a CT scan of the pulmonary vasculature revealed a large right-sided pulmonary embolus. CT scanning of the abdomen and pelvis was performed to look for evidence of an intra-abdominal source of thrombus and revealed evidence of a moderate sized pelvic mass causing obstructive uropathy. Urological review of the patient revealed a hard prostate and raised prostate specific antigen, consistent with a diagnosis of primary prostatic carcinoma, which after investigation with a radioisotope bone scan was found to have metastasised to the bony pelvis.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Próstata
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Neoplasias Óseas
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Carcinoma
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
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BMJ Case Rep
Año:
2012
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Article
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Reino Unido